Economy ends 2023 strong and still adding lots of jobs! National unemployment average for 2023 at 3.6% equals 53 year low! Local unemployment was 3.4% in October and projected to drop to 3.0% in November. Don't always believe media that is opinionated, es...
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I have put this off, as it is a complex subject, but it's time for me to address this thing. Please read to the end if you dare. With housing prices increasing dramatically in St Louis and across the country, affordability has become an even bigger deal t...
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According to a Gallup poll published last month in USA Today, more Americans continue to name real estate than stocks, gold, savings accounts/CDs, or bonds when asked which is the best long-term investment. Thirty-four percent of Americans chose real esta...
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Manchester is one area being targeted by various individuals and companies who want to buy our homes "as-is". Some of these are legitimate, and some are not. They can make it sound like they are the only ones who will pay the best price. And that listing ...
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In March, a study conducted by SmartAsset, a financial planning website, found that our mighty metro was the cheapest place to live out of the top 25 in the nation! Calculating what living wage salaries were needed in each metro, our area was the lowest, ...
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Last month, an article from MoneyWise came out showing that women have overtaken men in homeownership! I saw that coming years ago, as more of my single buyers were women than men. In addition, women on average live longer, adding to this stat, and certai...
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When I began selling homes 33 years ago, the written disclosure form was just beginning. The obligation for home sellers to disclose known defects is baked into Missouri laws, and this form is the avenue to do so. It has grown over the years into the curr...
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There has been some publicity lately about all the interior photos and floor plans floating around the internet after homes are sold and closed, namely on Zillow and other public real estate sites. There is a privacy concern by the new owners, and rightly...
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Still reverberating from 2020, last year started off with another home-buying frenzy. The winter of 2021-22 never cooled off, only took a slight breather as a prelude to spring '22, which began in early February swarming with buyers. I have never written ...
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Of course you should! A MoneyWise article in December points out the fallacy of real estate agents who share certain home listings only with each other, called Office Exclusives or pocket listings, while actively trying to sell it. In St Louis lingo, it i...
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