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...
Boundless, Welcome to St. Louis!
Dear Boundless Employees, We know you don’t have to move to St. Louis just because your headquarters relocated here. But, indulge us for just a second…and check out some of the things we love about...
Maplewood Named a Hipster City
Just this morning, St. Louis Magazine reported on a study done by Yelp and realtor.com that ranked Maplewood number 14 out of 50 on a list of the “hottest hipster markets in America.” The list...
10 Questions to Ask Mortgage Lenders
Trying to buy a home without a mortgage approval is the equivalent of putting the cart in front of the horse. You are being shown homes that you possibly might not be able to afford, or that...
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...
Energy Efficiency Resources & Rebates
Statistics indicate that home buyers crave energy efficiency more than any other home feature. According to a 2013 study from the National Association of Home Builders, four of the top most wanted features involved saving energy:...
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...
Our Top 5 Client Scores in 2016
What defines a client score for us? Well, it usually involves one of these or a combination of these things: negotiating significant savings for our buyers swooping in on a property that has high value but...
Preventing Home Fires
It’s Fire Prevention Week and we want to help you protect one of your most valued assets, your home. The importance of working smoke alarms cannot be understated. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has...
Choosing a Title Company
As a buyer or a seller, one of the first things your agent may ask you to do once there is an accepted contract is to select a title company. If you aren’t sure where to start,...
Tower Grove & Shaw Seller’s Market
We just had two listings in the Tower Grove area sell the first weekend they were on the market. Both 4201 Wyoming and 3942 Arsenal were multiple offer situations. Inventory is incredibly low right now in Tower Grove and...
Boomers & Millennials In The Market
It seems like every week we are reading new predictions about where the boomers are moving in their retirement years and when and where the millennials will enter the market. Economist read the census data...