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The St. Louis Real Estate Market this week continues to show good signs of activity in the lower price ranges; those between $125,000 to $300,000, as the pending ratios continue to perform above the average.  Inventory in these price ranges continues to be in that "transitional" level with the $1...
04/27/2008
The St. Louis Real Estate Market this week is again seeing a small increase in active listings and accepted contracts; common for this time of year but not quite as active as last year at this time.  Our pending ratio has inched up a bit to 15.86 percent and our inventory in the price ranges that...
04/20/2008
The St. Louis Real Estate Market this week is showing small increases in active listings and homes accepting contracts, thus pushing our average pending ratio over 15.5 percent.  The major segment of our market which falls in the $100,000 to $300,000 price ranges are exhibiting better than averag...
04/13/2008
 The St. Louis Real Estate Market for the first week of April continues a fairly flat performance so far.  We are still seeing a small increase in active listings, and a small increase in homes sold, however, our pending ratio has dropped by more than 1 percent this week.  With the small increase...
04/06/2008
THE LEGALITIES OF HOME INSPECTIONS by Harry Morrell, ASHI Certified Inspector, Allied Building InspectionsSellers and most always buyers are somewhat confused or do not understand the legality of Real Estate transaction home inspections in the state of Missouri. First and foremost a real estate t...
04/01/2008
The St. Louis Real Estate Market this week continues in our usual Spring trends with increased active listings, a pending ratio very close to 16%, and our average list prices just inching up slightly.  In most price ranges, though, we are still below the average list prices we saw a year ago at t...
03/30/2008
The St. Louis Real Estate Market this week is WET!!  The two days plus of rain we experienced this past week has created more challenges for buyers and sellers.  Who ever said, "If you don't like the weather in St. Louis, wait a day or so" has been proven correct again.  This past week we've gone...
03/23/2008
Home Staging...It's NOT Just About Vacant Houses!Home Staging is the process of preparing a home for sale, regardless of price, location, or condition (Barb Schwarz, Creator of the Staging Concept).From my experience as an Accredited Staging Professional (ASP), I continually receive inquiries for...
03/23/2008
FHA is the King! The top Dog!The new economic stimulus package has allowed HUD to raise its maximum loan amounts for FHA loans depending upon the county of the property.  For those in the St. Louis, Missouri area, that means we now can do an FHA loan for up to $281,250.  The previous amount was $...
03/19/2008
The End of 100%!In the ever changing landscape of lending, we had the latest and most significant change take place this past Monday.  All of the Private Mortgage Insurance Companies announced that they would no longer issue mortgage insurance on any loan with a loan to value greater than 97%.  O...
03/18/2008
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