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Market Conditions

Don’t miss the beginning of this Series: Part 1 – St. Louis Sales Trends from 2001-2010 Part 2 – How Many Homes and Condos Failed to Sell? Part 3 – 2010 Home Sales by Price Range Condo sales followed a similar pattern in St Louis City and County during 2010 except in the very high [...]

   

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Don’t miss the beginning of this Series: Part 1 – St. Louis Sales Trends from 2001-2010 Part 2 – How Many Homes and Condos Failed to Sell? For the last 2 years, I have reported that the majority of buyers were choosing lower priced homes and there was little demand in  higher price ranges. Even [...]

   

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Did you read Part 1 – St. Louis Sales Trends from 2001-2010 As we continue exploring the answer to “How is the St. Louis housing market doing?”, we need to consider 3 issues: how many homes are selling? how many homes are failing to sell? are prices climbing, falling or remaining flat? We examined the [...]

   

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How is the St. Louis housing market? I get this question a lot. Over the next few days, I’ll be publishing several reports to answer that question. Today’s charts come courtesy of Brian Copeland. Brian wanted to compare how a number of nearby cities were doing and he asked me to run the numbers for [...]

   

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This Month in Real Estate ~ January 2011

by Karen Goodman on January 18, 2011

in Market Conditions

Video Highlights: Check back each month for the latest video housing market report. Home buying affordability is at a record high level Current production levels of new construction not expected to keep up with demand Economists are predicting housing shortage due to low inventory with higher buyer demand Shift from buyer’s market to housing shortage [...]

   

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For most individual home buyers, there are only a few factors that really matter: • Can I afford this home? • Is it a good investment? • Does it meet my family’s needs? So it’s a bit surprising that the most important housing statistic has gone largely unreported: homes have never been more affordable.  Affordability, [...]

   

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