Dubbed the “Maven of New Haven,” Carol Horsford started her career in real estate in 2007. The Elm City native initially worked as a project manager for a large residential landlord company, and she later was promoted to director of leasing and operations. Horsford launched her own company, Farnam Realty Group, which is based on […]
Dubbed the “Maven of New Haven,” Carol Horsford started her career in real estate in 2007.
The Elm City native initially worked as a project manager for a large residential landlord company, and she later was promoted to director of leasing and operations.
Horsford launched her own company, Farnam Realty Group, which is based on Whitney Avenue in New Haven, in 2011. The business has grown to include a staff of about two dozen.
Prior to becoming a real estate broker, Horsford worked as a marketing brand manager in New York City for cosmetics companies L’Oreal and Lancôme and for Christie’s Auction House.
Horsford recently made the New Haven Middlesex Association of Realtors Commercial Investment Division’s “2020 Deals of the Year” list. Horsford got recognition specifically under the apartment sale category, for the sale of 40-44 West Main St., in Clinton. The 18-unit, 12,164-square-foot property sold for $1.7 million.
In the past year, Horsford’s biggest deals involved the sale of a $6.5 million, 52-unit apartment community in Hamden next to Southern Connecticut State University, and the off-market acquisition of a 75-unit apartment community in West Haven.
Horsford specializes in helping Section 8 participants find safe and affordable housing and helping nonprofits find space for their operations. She said she is also passionate about rehabilitating homes and redesigning them to restore their original charm, while adding modern touches.
She said she has seen a trend in New Haven calling for smaller, furnished apartment spaces for short-term residents who “arrive with nothing but a suitcase, attend to their work for a few months to a year, and move on.”
Horsford is a member of the Greater Fairfield Board of Realtors and New Haven and Middlesex Board of Realtors.
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