From the monthly archives:

May 2008

St. Louis Summer Free Concert Schedule

by Karen Goodman on May 30, 2008

in Entertainment

UPDATE: Click here to see this year’s Free Concert schedule. St. Louis has many wonderful parks and venues that offer free summer concerts. Pick a night, and you’ll have plenty of choices. Below is a list of old favorites and new opportunities to enjoy some live music in the next few months. Bring a blanket, [...]

   

{ 1 comment }

St. Louis City Condo Sales Slow Down

by Karen Goodman on May 29, 2008

in Market Conditions

Over the last few days, I posted numbers that showed the market trends for the last 5 years for single family homes and condos in St. Louis County and St. Charles County. The bottom line is: the number of units selling has decreased each year over the last few years days on market has increased [...]

   

{ 0 comments }

A couple of days ago I posted numbers that showed the market trends over the last 5 years for single family homes in St. Louis County and St. Charles County. Not surprisingly, sales are down and average days on market are up. But, the condo market has been even harder hit than single family homes. [...]

   

{ 0 comments }

Successful Launch of a Blog

by Karen Goodman on May 27, 2008

in Everything Else

I’m not one to toot my own horn, but please indulge me on this one post. I am tickled to tell you that after only 7 months since launching this blog (and figuring out what a blog actually is) I have been interviewed about my blogging experience. Jim Durban is a social media headhunter and writes several [...]

   

{ 0 comments }

While the media continues to talk about the slow real estate market, there are plenty of homes that are selling. However, sellers need to be prepared to price their home correctly to get it sold. And, they need to understand that homes simply aren’t selling as quickly as they did a few years ago. Here [...]

   

{ 0 comments }

One of the problems over the last year with the housing market has been an oversupply of housing inventory. As with any commodity, when there is a high level of supply and there is limited demand, prices drop. In order for prices to start climbing again, we need for supply to drop and for more buyers to [...]

   

{ 0 comments }