Writing Winning Offers in a Competitive Market
According to recent economic data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, prices and demand in the 63116 zip code are above average and the trend is expected to continue. An historical ten year...
Tough Questions to Ask Your Listing Agent Before You Hire
According to the 2019 National Association of Realtors Annual Home Buyers and Seller Report, 73% of home owners contact only one agent before listing their home. Take Away: If you are going to interview only...
Selling A Home In Winter
Spring is traditionally considered the best time to sell a home. But with record low inventories in 2020, we are anticipating pent up buyer demand and the “spring season” to start even earlier – like...
How the Clear Cooperation Policy Affects Home Buyers & Sellers
In the fall of 2019, the National Association of Realtors Board passed a Clear Cooperation Policy. The Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP) was designed to support a more cohesive and collaborative marketplace — where professional REALTORS®...
5 Things to Consider When Buying a Condo
A condo is typically a shared piece of property where individuals own a unit within the building plus a portion of the building’s common spaces and assets. Generally more affordable and easier to maintain than...
Schedule Your Listing Appointment Now To Take Advantage of the Spring Market
The Spring Market really begins to take off during the last two weeks of February. The advantage of going live before March is that you can beat your competition to the market and surprise the...
How To Buy a Home Using the Equity in Your Current Home
Common Scenario Your house is feeling a little too small. It’s actually feeling A LOT too small. When you bought it, there was just you or just the two you. But now, well now, there’s...
Domino Move – Adam & Sarah’s Buy & Sell Scenario
As part of our continuing series on buying and selling at the same time, we will look at a Tower Grove couple who decided to buy a new home before listing their existing home. Meet...
Domino Move – Fantozzi Family Sell and Buy Adventure
Homeowners who have outgrown their first house and are looking for their second house often feel stuck. They don’t even know how to start thinking about selling and buying simultaneously. Should they look at houses...
Domino Move – How To Sell & Buy On The Same Day
CHALLENGE Your family has grown and you need a bigger home. How do you figure out the timing of listing your current home, making an offer on a new home, and managing the logistics of...
Footprints in the Dust – Hot St. Louis Neighborhoods
As a buyers agent, I like to tell our clients that they are likely to see my footprints in the dust of whatever new house they look at because I try to get into new listings...
The Failed Sale Report from Trulia and Lessons From Failed Sales
This week, Trulia released a report on the increase in Failed Sales. Those are homes that go under contract and then for some reason, whether it be financing or inspection issues, go back on the...