If you were moving to a new city and trying to decide where you wanted to live, you would have a lot of questions before you chose a neighborhood. The most common questions are: Where are the best (or good) schools? Where are homes in my price range? Where can I find a newer home? [...]
One of the most common issues home buyers struggle with when they are looking for their next home revolves around safety. I spent the 5 years working primarily with people relocating to St. Louis. They would pick out homes they saw online and would want to know if they were located in areas that were [...]
One of my pet peeves is that St. Louis gets a unjustified bad rap every time the Morgan Quitno Press publishes their annual crime rate rankings. Each year when the reports come out stating that St. Louis has one of the highest crime rates in the country, the local media reminds everyone that the statistics [...]
One of the biggest challenges for people relocating to a new area is selecting a safe area to live. Since real estate agents are bound by fair housing laws and are taught to carefully protect themselves from lawsuits, they are typically reluctant to offer recommendations of neighborhoods based on safety. Instead, agents are encouraged to [...]
One of the most common questions I hear from buyers that are looking for a home in St. Louis City is about safety. As a Realtor, it’s a challenging question to answer. Each buyer has a different perception of what makes a neighborhood safe. Most real estate agents are taught to simply point their buyers [...]
by Karen Goodman on February 11, 2009
in Buyers
Safety and crime rates top the list of important factors for most buyers when they are trying to decide where they want to buy their new home. Buyers that are moving to an unfamiliar area or a new city often ask their real estate agent if the neighborhood is “safe”. Unfortunately, that’s a tough question [...]