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12 Tips to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient

January 19, 2010

Guest Post by Kim Hibbs

With much of the country experiencing a break from winter’s deep chill, you may think the worst of winter is behind us.
That’s probably not the case.
Long range forecasts indicate February could be as cold and snow as early January.  That means there’s still time to winter proof your home.
Here [...]

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How Many St. Louis Homes Fail to Sell?

January 11, 2010

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been posting information to show you how the St. Louis housing market has been doing in the last few years.
Earlier this month I published reports showing that the vast majority of homes and condos which sold in 2009 were priced below $200,000. Owners with higher priced homes have had [...]

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What is the Appreciation Rate of St. Louis Condos?

January 11, 2010

Yesterday I posted charts showing the appreciation rate for homes since 1999 in the St. Louis area.
I chose not to lump condos and homes together when putting together these appreciation rate charts, because the single family home market and the condo market do not necessarily have the same pricing trends.
Condo sales have definitely been depressed [...]

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What is the Appreciation Rate of St. Louis Homes?

January 10, 2010

For the last few years, most of the news about the housing market has been about how prices are down.
Clearly, prices HAVE come down for most properties when you compare today’s value to prices at the peak of the housing boom (2005 or 2006 for most areas).
I was one of the people who bought [...]

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Hiring a Real Estate Agent ~ Little Things Matter

January 7, 2010

Hiring a real estate agent to help you purchase or sell a property is a big decision.
There were 5,460 real estate agents who closed at least one of the 21,279 sales in St. Louis City, St. Louis County or St. Charles County in 2009. Plus, there are many more licensed agents who didn’t make [...]

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St. Louis Region Housing Market Report – 2009 Condo Sales

January 6, 2010

Unlike single family homes which have different trends across the 3 counties that make up the St. Louis market, condo sales followed a similar pattern in St Louis City and County during 2009. St. Charles County’s sales distribution differed in that there were no sales above $500,000.
Though plenty of single family homes sold under $100,000, [...]

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