Real Estate News and Market Updates
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St. Louis Market Update -May 2012
The St Louis Real Estate market continues to show increased activity as well as signs of prices stabilizing!
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St. Louis Market Update -April 2012
The St Louis Real Estate market is showing some signs of life this month and things appear to be picking up!
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St. Louis Market Update -March 2012
Pending home sales hit highest level since April 2010 showing that home-buyers are getting active! St Louis home sales are up from a year ago but prices are down.
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St. Louis Market Update -02-24-2012
Existing home sales increased in January as did home prices.
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St. Louis Market Update -02-17-2012
Foreclosure activity in St. Louis increased in January from the month before but was down significantly from a year ago.
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St. Louis Market Update -02-10-2012
St. Louis home prices continue to slip however, reports this week show foreclosure activity in 2011 was down 24 percent from 2010 which is good news.
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St. Louis Market Update -02-03-2012
The St Louis real estate market is showing some signs of increased activity. The upper end of the market has improved a fair amount in the past two months.
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St. Louis Market Update -01-27-2012
Some good news this week as it was reported that the foreclosure rate in St Louis continues to decline.
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St. Louis Market Update -01-20-2012
Good news this week as we reported home sales in St. Louis increased in December. Unfortunately median home prices are still trending downward, but sales are up and...
St. Louis Market Update - 2011 Year in Review
Now that 2011 is behind us, we take a look at how the St Louis Real Estate market fared during the year.
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St. Louis Market Update -12-16-2011
Buying a home became even more affordable this week when the average interest rate on a 30 year fixed rate loan tie it's record low level at 3.94 percent!
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St. Louis Market Update -12-09-2011
Foreclosures are still on the rise in St. Louis, which is not good news for the housing market, however, mortgage delinquencies, a precursor of foreclosures, are dow...
St. Louis Market Update -12-02-2011
Good news abounds this week on the housing market; Home sales in October hit an 18 month high and the number of homeowners in St. Louis that are underwater on their ...
St. Louis Market Update -11-25-2011
Existing home sales increased in October however home prices continued to decline.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market Update for the week with a quick overview...
St. Louis Market Update -11-18-2011
New home permits and construction increased in October but is still on pace for a record low year.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market Update for the week with ...
St. Louis Market Update -11-11-2011
Good news this week on the St Louis foreclosure rate, report shows foreclosures down over 40% from a year ago.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market Update for th...
St. Louis Market Update -11-04-2011
An interesting report came out this week comparing the performance of a house as an investment over the past decade versus an investment in the stock market. Intere...
St. Louis Market Update -10-28-2011
St. Louis foreclosure and mortgage delinquency rates increased in August. Existing home sales dropped in September while new home sales were on the rise slightly.
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St. Louis Market Update -10-21-2011
Home sales and home prices declined slightly in September after a rather robust August.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market Update for the week with a quick ...
St. Louis Market Update -10-14-2011
Foreclosure rates in St. Louis increased a little but are down significantly from a year ago and interest rates remained at near all-time lows this week.
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St. Louis Market Update -10-07-2011
This week St. Louis made the list of the 15 best performing real estate markets as ranked by Clear Capital. Also, interest rates on 30-year fixed rate mortgages fel...
St. Louis Market Update -09-30-2011
This week it was reported that home sales slid a little in August, however interest rates fell to a RECORD LOW, making home affordability better than ever!
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St. Louis Market Update -09-23-2011
There was a lot of good news this week on the housing market; existing home sales were on the rise in August, now on pace to beat last year and mortgage delinquencie...
St. Louis Market Update -09-16-2011
The combination of historically low interest rates as well as reduced home prices has really made owning a home much more affordable than in times past and within re...
St. Louis Market Update -09-09-2011
The foreclosure rate in St. Louis dropped in June from the prior month, which is good news! Interest rates are at near all-time lows making home ownership more affo...
St. Louis Market Update -09-02-2011
Reports show U.S. home prices increased slightly in June, however housing market conditions continue to remain fragile.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market Up...
St. Louis Market Update -08-26-2011
New home sales continue to be on pace for this year to be the worst year on record for new home sales.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market Update for the week...
St. Louis Market Update -08-19-2011
Mortgage Rates are at or near record lows but home sales are still lagging behind last year a little. It appears the St Louis real estate market has hit bottom, we ...
St. Louis Market Update -08-12-2011
Good news this week on mortgage delinquencies declining and the St. Louis foreclosure rate declining 35% from a year ago.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market...
St. Louis Market Update -08-05-2011
Pending home sales increased in June making the second consecutive month of increase hom sales! Other good news this week included a report showing foreclosure acti...
St. Louis Market Update -07-29-2011
New home sales dropped in June putting 2011 on track to have the lowest number of new home sales since the Commerce Department started tracking sales in 1963.
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St. Louis Market Update -07-22-2011
A report from the National Association of REALTORS issued this week shows existing home sales in June were at their highest (not seasonally adjusted) level in 12 mon...
St. Louis Market Update -07-15-2011
A report this week showed foreclosure activity for the first half of 2011 was down from the prior 6 month period as well as from the same period in 2010. Unfortunat...
St. Louis Market Update -07-8-2011
Results of a survey released this week shows that the majority of American's still regard home ownership as an integral part of the American Dream.
Here's our S...
St. Louis Market Update -07-1-2011
The National Association of REALTORS had some good news for us this week when they released a report showing that pending home sales increased in May.
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St. Louis Market Update -06-24-2011
We saw some good news with reports that mortgage delinquencies and foreclosure inventories were down in May, however we also had some not so good news on falling new...
St. Louis Market Update -06-17-2011
Reports this week showed foreclosure activity dropped in May 33 percent from the year before, which is good news.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market Update...
St. Louis Market Update -06-10-2011
A lot of sobering news on the housing market came out this week. It appears the recovery of the housing market is going to be a slow, long one. The good news is th...
St. Louis Market Update -06-3-2011
Report shows the importance of the housing market on jobs and the economy and says without a recovery of the housing market there will not be a recovery of the job m...
St. Louis Market Update -05-27-2011
Mortgage delinquencies rose in April and foreclosure sales make up 28% of home sales in the first quarter of 2011.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estate Market Update...
St. Louis Market Update -05-20-2011
St. Louis home sales in April were down 30% from a year ago showing that the road to recovery of the St Louis Real Estate market is going to be a bumpy one.
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St. Louis Market Update -05-13-2011
The St. Louis foreclosure rate dropped significantly in April from the month before as well as from a year ago, which is good news and hopefully continued evidence t...
St. Louis Market Update -05-06-2011
St. Louis area foreclosures appear to have peaked...hopefully we will see foreclosure rate continue to decline in the next couple of months.
Here's our St. Louis...
St. Louis Market Update -04-29-2011
We finally received some good news on the housing market this week....pending home sales are up, home affordability has grown to the point where it is cheaper to buy...
St. Louis Market Update -04-22-2011
More bleak news this week on the housing market and home prices. The good news is that it appears the market has probably hit bottom here in St. Louis, albeit a rat...
St. Louis Market Update -04-15-2011
Finally the foreclosure rate is coming down and, in fact, reached the lowest level in some time! It's good to be able to report some good news on the house market.
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St. Louis Market Update -04-08-2011
The St. Louis Market Reports are looking a little encouraging this week.....pointing toward signs of stabilization of home prices in the market, at least for non-dis...
St. Louis Market Update -04-01-2011
Foreclosures and "shadow inventory" of foreclosures dominated the news this week on the housing industry as reports were published on these topics indicating that fo...
St. Louis Market Update -03-25-2011
Unfortunately the news on the market this week continued to indicate lower home prices and that the market is not yet in "recovery" mode. It does appear we have hit...
St. Louis Market Update -03-18-2011
This week mortgage interest rates in St. Louis dropped again, putting them well under the 5% mark for 30-year fixed-rate loans.
Here's our St. Louis Real Estat...
St. Louis Market Update -03-11-2011
This week it was reported the foreclosure rate in St. Louis dropped in February, however foreclosures continue to negatively impact home prices.
Here's our St. L...
St. Louis Market Update -03-04-2011
This week it was reported serious mortgage delinquencies increased in January, sending signals that we are far from out of the woods when it comes to the near recor...
St. Louis Market Update -02-25-2011
The city of St. Louis was dealt a blow this week when newly released census data showed the population in the city declined over 8% from 2000-2010 rather than incre...
St. Louis Market Update - 02-21-2011
We are getting close to Spring. The weather has warmed up and the housing market appears to be doing the same thing. Here's our first market update for 2011. Chec...
Did you beat the Deadline?
Today the National Association of REALTORS released it’s Pending Home Sales Index for April showing an increase of 6.0 percent in the index from March (seasona...
What Goes in a Short Sale Package?
RISMEDIA, September 1, 2008-Now that you are familiar with short sales and why they are beneficial to all parties involved, you may begin to realize that you need to...
