By Dennis Norman, on August 12th, 2024 
Are you looking to buy or sell a home in the St. Louis metropolitan area? If so, you’ll want to pay attention to the fastest selling school districts in the region. According to recent data, Signal Hill DIST 181 in Illinois takes the top spot with an average of just 19 days on the market for its 5 active listings. With an average list price of $2,611,780, this district is clearly in high demand.
Coming in at a close second is East Alton-Wood River DIST 14, also in Illinois, with an average of 21 days on the market for its Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on July 15th, 2024 
Are you looking to buy or sell a home in the St. Louis metropolitan area? If so, you’ll want to pay attention to the latest data on the fastest selling zip codes. According to recent statistics, the top three zip codes with the shortest average days on the market are 62084 in Madison-IL, IL, 63146 in St. Louis, MO, and 63034 in St. Louis, MO. This means that homes in these areas are in high demand and selling quickly, making them ideal locations for both buyers and sellers.
In 62084, the average listing stays on the market for just 11 Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on July 12th, 2024 
Are you looking to buy or sell a home in the St. Louis metropolitan area? If so, it’s important to know which school districts are experiencing the fastest home sales. According to recent data, the top three fastest selling school districts in the area are Wolf Branch DIST 113, Lebanon CUSD 9, and HILLSBORO DIST 3.
With an average of only 4 days on the market, Wolf Branch DIST 113 in Illinois takes the top spot. This district boasts 7 active listings with an average list price of $284,357. Coming in at second place is Lebanon CUSD 9 with an Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on June 16th, 2024
Are you looking to buy or sell a home in the St. Louis metropolitan area? If so, you’ll want to pay attention to the latest real estate data. According to recent statistics, the top three fastest-selling ZIP codes in the region are 63134, 63114, and 63117, all in St. Louis County, MO. The top three ZIP codes span a diverse market and geographic area, with 63134 primarily made up of Berkeley in North St. Louis County, 63114 consisting of Overland and several smaller, mid-St. Louis County areas, and 63117 encompassing Richmond Heights in the 40 corridor area of St. Louis Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on June 12th, 2024
Are you looking to buy or sell a home in the St. Louis metropolitan area? If so, you’ll want to pay attention to the fastest selling school districts in the region. According to recent data, the top three districts with the shortest time on the market are Wolf Branch DIST 113 in Unincorporated, IL, Winfield R-IV in Unincorporated, MO, and Windsor C-1 in Unincorporated, MO.
Wolf Branch DIST 113 takes the top spot with an average of only 11 days on the market for its two active listings. The district also boasts an average list price of $399,750, making it Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on May 18th, 2024
Are you looking to buy or sell a home in the St. Louis metropolitan area? Look no further! According to recent data, the fastest selling zip code in the area is 62084 in Madison-IL, IL. With an average of only 3 days on the market, homes in this zip code are in high demand. And with an average list price of $187,375, sellers can expect to get top dollar for their properties.
But that’s not all. The second and third fastest selling districts in the St. Louis metro area are also located in Madison-IL, IL and St Clair-IL, IL, respectively. Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on May 16th, 2024
Attention all home buyers and sellers in the St. Louis metropolitan area! Are you looking for a quick and seamless real estate experience? Look no further than the top three fastest selling school districts in the region. According to recent data, Freeburg DIST 70 in Illinois takes the top spot with an impressive average of only 12 days on the market for its two active listings, with an average list price of $344,000. Coming in at a close second is Windsor C-1 in Unincorporated, MO, with six listings and an average of just 15 days on the market. And rounding Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on April 14th, 2024 
As of 2023, according to data from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Illinois State Board of Education, there are roughly 135-145 school districts within the 17 counties of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). This figure includes public school districts but excludes private and charter schools. These districts vary significantly in size, home prices, and demand for homes. While strong school districts and top-rated schools are major attractions for home buyers and may reflect in the prices homes fetch compared to those in lesser districts, they do not guarantee quick sales. However, it is Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on April 2nd, 2024 
The St. Louis Metro area (MSA), which spans parts of Missouri and Illinois, has a diverse real estate market with some zip codes seeing properties sell much faster than others. Based upon the report below, available exclusively from MORE, REALTORS® , the fastest selling zip code in the area is 63070 in Jefferson County, Missouri where the current average days on market for active listings is just 12 days. Close behind in second place is 63040 in St. Louis County with 9 listings averaging 15 DOM. Rounding out the top five are 63134 (St. Louis County, 16 DOM), 63038 Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on March 13th, 2024
The St. Louis Metropolitan Area continues to enjoy a fairly fast-paced sellers real estate market, with certain zip codes standing out for selling even faster than the current norm. According to the report below, available exclusively from MORE, REALTORS®, homes in the top 30 zip codes are selling at an impressive rate, with average days on market ranging from just 2 to 24 days. Leading the pack is zip code 63049 in Jefferson and St. Louis Counties, Missouri, where homes spend an average of only 2 days on the market. Close behind are zip codes in St. Clair County, Illinois Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on March 30th, 2023 According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 estimates of population and components of change report released yesterday, Lincoln County was the Missouri county that experienced the highest percentage gain in population from 2020 – 2022. As the list below shows, Lincoln County saw a 6.0% increase in popular during the period from 2020 to 2022, with Wright County coming in 2nd at 5.3% and another St Louis MSA county, Warren County, coming in 3rd on the list with a 4.8% increase in population.
At the other end of the list was the City of St Louis which saw a 5.0% Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on March 7th, 2021 As the list below shows, five of the ten zip codes in the St Louis MSA where homes that closed in the past 30 days sold the fastest are in St Louis County. However, the fastest-sold zip code was 63052 in Jefferson County and includes the cities Imperial, Kimmswick, Antonia, and Liguori.
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Ten Fastest-Selling Zip Codes In The St Louis MSA
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By Dennis Norman, on February 22nd, 2021 As the list below shows, seven of the ten school districts in the St Louis MSA where homes are selling the fastest, are in outer-ring counties, with the remaining three districts being in St Louis County. This list is based upon the average time it took homes to sell that closed in the past 30 days and Wright City R-II District came in at the top of the list with an average of 14 days for homes to sell. St Charles County was home to the largest number of the fastest-selling school districts with 4 followed by St Louis County Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on February 19th, 2021 I would say for pretty much most of the 40-years I’ve been in the real estate business in St Louis, one-story homes have been popular. The trend shifted with new homes however as undeveloped ground became more scarce and demand for larger homes grew, which led to two-story homes gaining in popularity. There are of course other styles, such as 1.5 story homes, 2.5 or 3 story homes, and multi-level homes, but one and two-story are the most plentiful.
One-story homes outsell 2-story homes by nearly 3-1:
As the tables below show, in the St Louis MSA during the past Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on January 20th, 2021 As of this morning, the Hancock Place School District and Bayless School District, both in the South St Louis County area, are tied for the district where homes are selling the fastest. As the Fastest-Selling School Districts in the St Louis MSA list (available exclusively from MORE, REALTORS®) below shows, homes that sold in the past 30 days in those districts took an average of just 17 days to sell. Five of the top 10 districts for fast home sales are located in St Louis County, two are in Jefferson County, one each in St Charles County, Warren County, and Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on May 2nd, 2020 The average residential listing in the 63362 zip code area in Lincoln County, Missouri has been on the market for just 15 days, making 63362 the fastest-selling zip code within the St Louis MSA at this time. As our table below shows, Lincoln County zips occupy two of the top spots with the 63379 zip code area in a three-way tie for 3rd on the list with listing having an average time on the market of 25 days. So what’s up with Lincoln County? Maybe with all this social-distancing going on people have decided to head to more sparsely populated Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on February 29th, 2020 It may still be winter, which most people know is the “slow-season” for real estate, however, there are still plenty of areas in St Louis where homes are selling fast! Below is the list of the fastest-selling zip codes (only available from MORE, REALTORS on their St Louis Real Estate Search® site, which reveals the 63144 zip code in St Louis county as the fastest-selling zip with an average time of just 21 days on the market for active listings. The second zip on the list, and just a day behind the average for the Brentwood area of 63144, si Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on February 4th, 2020 Homes that sold in the 63048 zip code in the last 30 days were on the market an average of just 30 days before selling, making this the fastest sold zip code in the St Louis MSA. The 63048 zip code area in Jefferson County includes the cities of Pevely, Festus and Herculaneum.
Five of the top ten zip codes were in St Louis County, two in Jefferson County and one in the Counties of St Charles, St Louis City and Madison, Il.
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By Dennis Norman, on December 27th, 2019 Homes in the Lincoln County zip code of 63362 sold the fastest in the past 30-days with an average time to sell of just 40 days, according to the latest data available from MORE, REALTORS®.
As the list below shows, 4 of the remaining 10 fastest-sold zips in the St Louis MSA were in St Charles County, 3 in St Louis County, 1 in Franklin County and 1 in St Clair County, IL.
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By Dennis Norman, on October 28th, 2019 Homes in the 63304 Zip Code area of St Charles Cunty sold faster in the past 30 days than in any other zip code in St Charles County, according to the latest data available from MORE, REALTORS®. Homes that closed in the past 30 days in 63304 took an average time of just 23 days to sell.
As the list below shows, the 63776 and 63368 zip code areas weren’t far behind. The slowest-selling St Charles County zip code in the past 30 days was the 63367 zip code area where th average time to sell a home was more Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on October 27th, 2019 Homes in Rock Hill sold faster in the past 30 days than in any other city in the St Louis MSA, according to the latest data available from MORE, REALTORS®. Homes that closed in the past 30 days in Rock Hill took an average time of just 12 days to sell.
As the list below shows, 6 of the 10 fastest-sold cities in the St Louis MSA were in St Louis County, 3 in St Charles County and 1 in Jefferson County.
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By Dennis Norman, on September 25th, 2019 Homes in Crestwood sold faster in the past 30 days than in any other city in the St Louis MSA, according to the latest data available from MORE, REALTORS®. Homes that closed in the past 30 days in Crestwood were on the market an average of just 21 days.
As the list below shows, 7 of the 10 fastest-sold cities in the St Louis MSA were in St Louis County, 2 in St Charles County and 1 in Jefferson County.
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By Dennis Norman, on August 3rd, 2019 Yesterday I identified the Zip Code in St Charles County with the hottest real estate market so today I’ll do the same for Jefferson County. I’ll save the long explanation I gave yesterday though about the importance of not looking at just one piece of data, how it takes a qualified agent with good data to really determine the health of a market, etc. If you missed that, you can get it in yesterdays article.
What is the hottest market in Jefferson County today?
Based upon some of the data contained in the charts and tables below, I would have Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on August 2nd, 2019 Which Zip Code in St Charles County is home to the hottest real estate market today? Well, it depends…
63376 based upon the zip code where homes are selling the fastest 63376 based upon where the inventory of homes for sale is the lowest 63367 based upon trending home sales 63341 based upon home price increases over the past year
I could go on, but the point I wanted to illustrate here is that there is no one piece of data, or one list or chart that is going to accurately depict what the “best” market is, or even the Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on June 25th, 2019 The city of Frontenac, Missouri is the slowest selling city in the St Louis MSA based upon the average time it took for homes to sell that closed in the past 30 days. As our table below shows, three of the top 10 slowest selling cities are located in St Louis County and all three are affluent areas with higher than average home prices.
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By Dennis Norman, on June 24th, 2019 The cities of Maryland Heights and Maplewood are currently tied for first place on the list of fasting selling cities in St Louis. As our table below shows, homes that sold in the past 30 days took an average of 15 days to sell in Maryland Heights and Maplewood. Seven of the 10 fastest selling cities are located in St Louis County, two in St Charles County and one in Warren County.
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By Dennis Norman, on April 2nd, 2019 Homes that sold in St. John, Missouri within the past 30 days took an average of just 18 days to sell, putting St John in the number 1 slot of Fastest Sold cities in the St Louis MSA. As the table below shows, the cities that made the top 10 list are all on the Missouri side of the Mississippi, with 7 cities in St Louis County and 3 in St Charles County.
If you are a homeowner thinking of selling and see your city on this list, now would be a really good time to consider listing your home Continue Reading →
By Dennis Norman, on March 1st, 2019 Homes that sold in Maplewood, Missouri and closed within the past 30 days took an average of just 13 days to sell, putting Maplewood in the number 1 slot of Fastest Sold cities in the St Louis MSA. As the table below shows, the cities that made the top 10 list are scattered throughout the area from Granite City, Illinois to Washington to Hillsboro as well as several places in between.
If you are a homeowner thinking of selling and see your city on this list, now would be a really good time to consider listing your home for sale!
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By Dennis Norman, on January 5th, 2019 It may be the slow season for real estate but there are still plenty of areas in St Louis where homes are selling fast! As the table below shows, the cities where homes have sold the fastest in the past 30 days are scattered throughout the St Louis metro area. From number 1 on the list, Wright City in the far western area of the metro area in Warren County to number 2 on the list over on the east side of the Mississippi River in Waterloo Illinois.
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By Dennis Norman, on December 5th, 2018 It’s no secret that home sales slow down this time of year in St Louis however, there are still plenty of cities in St Louis where homes are selling quickly! As the table below shows, Rock Hill is at the top of our Fastest Selling Cities list with the current supply of homes for sale being on the market for an average of just 29 days. Of the 10 cities on our list, all but one are in St Louis County and, of the 9 in St Louis County, 5 are in North County.
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