For the last five years running, homes in St. Louis County have been selling for increasingly higher prices, according to John Schink of Deerwood Realty. The average sale price in for a single family home 2014 was $210,323, followed by averages of $219,121 in 2015, $223,503 in 2016, $231,060 in 2017, and $245,041 in 2018. […]
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Late in 2018 I had a home listing that was in the sweet spot in the real estate market in St. Louis. In a popular community, tastefully updated, and priced right, I was very happy to bring this property to market. The first day I had the property listed for sale, there were 20 or
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In working with all sorts of people as they navigate their way through the real estate market, I’ve often thought about that question. I see it in a couple of different ways, and I’ll explain it below. Buying a house is a product. So, a lot of times I’ll be talking with people who think
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I was showing houses this past weekend when that question came up from my buyers during a showing. The house I was showing was a train wreck. I could see 3 cats, and I think there were more. They owned the house and allowed the tenants of the home to live there. The showing confirmation
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In working with some new home buyers the past month, I’ve really enjoyed showing them all the ins and outs of buying that elusive first home. One of the things we talked about in the beginning was the asking price. A lot of buyers are of the misunderstanding that the asking price is like looking
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In an attempt to give you a window into how an evening of showings usually goes for me, I thought it might be fun to document my thoughts the day after. I don’t know if I will make this a thing or not; let’s take today and see how it goes. House Number 1 The
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Imagine being a buyer’s agent and having 5 buyers looking to buy new homes this week all across metro St Louis. You know that you will be working every night, and you will be gone all weekend. Now, one of your buyers has this one house that didn’t sell over the weekend and they want
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The text came in from a potential buyer client yesterday around noon. There was a link to an article on interest rates, and then the question was raised, “Should we buy now since rates will go up soon?” I replied back that “If you want to buy a house now, then buy it. Don’t try
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Many years ago, I was working with a property management company. Almost daily, I would leave the office to go check out multiple properties. Even though I knew where most everything was, I still liked the GPS in my car. Sure, sometimes it would get messed up. Other times, it couldn’t find the street, but
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I was at a meeting with some potential new clients the other day. In the process of getting to know these people, I was struck by some of the things they said. They were sort of in their own bubble, and thought I was with them, but I really had no idea about some of
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