St Louis Real Estate Home Prices and Sales Market Update VIDEO

By , on June 10th, 2013

St Louis Real Estate Market Shows Strengthening in May!

The St Louis Real Estate Market remains in seller’s market territory this month, according to the latest market data from MORE, REALTORS.  The inventory of homes for sale remains low while home sale and prices are increasing.

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This is not the market to be an uniformed participant in though or not have qualified, professional representation.  This can lead to frustration as a buyer as you continue to “miss” Continue Reading →

St Louis Real Estate Market Update – May 2013 – VIDEO

By , on May 15th, 2013

St Louis Real Estate Market Sees Declining Inventory and Rising Prices

The St Louis Real Estate Market remains a seller’s market this month barely, according to the latest market data from MORE, REALTORS.  The inventory of homes for sale remains low while home sale and prices are increasing.

Thinking of selling and want to know if your neighborhood is a seller’s market? Contact us and we’ll  answer that question for you.

This is not the market to be an uniformed participant in though or not have qualified, professional representation.  This can lead to frustration as a buyer as you continue Continue Reading →

Housing Boom Era Home Buying Strategies Returning

By , on April 19th, 2013

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Housing Boom Era Type Home Buying Tactics Reappearing in St Louis Real Estate Market

During the home buying frenzy of the housing boom, which peaked in 2006, it was common to see home buyers, in an effort to beat out other buyers fighting for the same home, include price escalation clauses in their offers and make “naked” (contingency-free) offers. It was also common for a seller to purposely price their home low in an effort to rein in multiple buyers and pit them against each other in a bidding war. We are Continue Reading →

St Louis Real Estate Market Update -April 2013 – VIDEO

By , on April 12th, 2013

St Louis Real Estate Market Turns Into Seller’s Market!

The St Louis Real Estate Market has become a seller’s market, according to the latest market data from MORE, REALTORS.  The inventory of homes for sale is on the decline while buying activity is up which makes for a competitive market for buyers.

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Is It A Sellers Market In St Louis?

By , on April 1st, 2013

Has St Louis Become A Sellers Market?

As the news about the St Louis real estate market becomes more optimistic, the question being asked has become “Is It A Sellers Market In St Louis?”. To answer that question, I put together some market data from that last couple of years to show how the market is changing in the St. Louis area and produced our latest infographic illustrating what I found.

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Inventory of Homes For Sale In St Louis Down Over 8 Percent

By , on March 27th, 2013

Barely over 3 month supply of homes for sale in St Louis

Home sales in the U.S. fell slightly in February from the month before, according to the National Association of REALTORS’ pending home sales index. The index slid to 104.8* in February from 105.2 in January however was still 8.4 percent higher than a year ago and at the second highest level in nearly three-year. Lawrence Yun, chief economist for NAR, said “limited inventory is holding back the market in many areas” and that “only new home construction can genuinely help relieve the inventory shortage…”

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St. Louis Real Estate Market Update Video-March 2013

By , on March 15th, 2013

St. Louis Real Estate Market Gaining Steam!

The St. Louis Real Estate Market is getting close to becoming a seller’s market in many neighborhoods. The inventory of St Louis homes for sale is down from a year ago while sales are increasing paving the way for what could be a somewhat robust selling market this spring.

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St Louis Real Estate Market Update Video for February 2013

By , on February 16th, 2013

The St. Louis Real Estate Market is heating up in many areas and, in fact, some neighborhoods are beginning to take on the appearance of a seller’s market. A decline in the inventory of homes for sale along with some increased demand is helping spark life into many markets…I show the impact on two of these markets in this months video but we can easily show you how your neighborhood is doing as well. Or, if you are trying to decide if not is the time to buy, contact us and we’ll help you answer that question and see specifically what areas are the best for buyers at this time. Continue Reading →

Real Estate Becoming a Seller’s Market In Many Areas

By , on February 15th, 2013

The real estate market is definitely heating up in many cities throughout the U.S. as well in many areas of St. Louis. A decreasing inventory of homes for sale, and even a shortage of homes for sale in many areas, along with increased confidence from consumers in the real estate market, has driven many cities from a “buyers market” to a “sellers market”. Continue Reading →

St Louis Real Estate Market Update Video for January 2013

By , on January 18th, 2013

The St. Louis Real Estate Market is still dealing with the effects of foreclosures and other distressed sales but continues to show some improvement, and even what I would describe as a sustained recovery in some neighborhoods though certainly not all. To get the latest St. Louis Real Estate Stats and the latest, best and most comprehensive St Louis Real Estate Data, check out our 5-minute video update below for January for the St Louis real estate market. The update includes charts with up to the date data on the St Louis housing market including St Louis home prices, average time to sell a home in the St Louis area as well as other data and charts to show where the St Louis real estate market is and where it is headed. (Check out all our market update videos on our YouTube Channel – click here. Continue Reading →

What are going to be the hot St Louis real estate markets in 2013?

By , on December 28th, 2012

I don’t know that “hot” comes to mind when I think about any St Louis real estate market today, however, relative to the rest of the market, I think I can identify some St. Louis real estate markets that I feel are poised to perform better in 2013 than other St Louis markets. Below are my charts showing some key market data for the top markets. Included in my data are 4 pieces of information that I think are key to determining the health of a local real estate market:

Home prices – I show what prices have done over Continue Reading →

St. Louis home sales in November up almost 20 percent from a year ago

By , on December 20th, 2012

The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) announced this morning that U.S. existing home sales increased in November 5.9 percent from the month before and 14.5 percent from the year before. The NAR report indicated the median home price in the U.S. in November was $180,600, an increase of 10.1 percent from a year ago. The St. Louis Real Estate market (the 5-county core St Louis Real Estate area (City of St Louis and the Counties of St Louis, St Charles, Jefferson and Franklin), as my chart below shows, saw home prices rise slightly in November from October to a median price of $122,000 which is an increase of 7.5 percent from a year ago. St Louis home sales in November on the other hand declined slightly from the month before to 2,523 homes but was up 19.6 percent from a year ago Continue Reading →

2013 looks to be a good year for real estate

By , on December 11th, 2012

I continue to see encouraging news about the housing market and today was no exception. The Freddie Mac housing market outlook for December was released and included a very encouraging outlook for the real estate market in 2013 by its chief economist, Frank Nothaft. Not that I’m on the same level as Northaft, but I will be coming out later this month with a short market recap video for 2012 as well as an outlook for 2013, both specifically for the St Louis real estate market. In the meantime, below are the highlights from Mr Nothaft’s projections for the U.S. Continue Reading →

St Louis Real Estate Market Update Video for December 2012

By , on December 11th, 2012

The St. Louis Real Estate Market continues to show some strength and appears to generally be headed toward recovery, albeit a long slow one. To get the latest St. Louis Real Estate Stats and the latest, best and most comprehensive St Louis Real Estate Data, check out our 5-minute video update below for October for the St Louis real estate market. The update includes charts with up to the date data on the St Louis housing market including St Louis home prices, average time to sell a home in the St Louis area as well as other data and charts to show where the St Louis real estate market is and where it is headed. (Check out all our market update videos on our YouTube Channel – click here. Continue Reading →

St Louis Home Prices Forecasted To Fall By Summer

By , on November 29th, 2012

While it does appear the St Louis real estate market has hit bottom and begun to slowly make some headway to a recovery it is clearly not going to be without some bumps in the road along the way. One of those bumps appears to be home prices as, according to a report just released by Fiserv indicates, St Louis home prices are projected to fall 2.7 percent by next summer. Continue Reading →

St Louis home prices up 4.4 percent in past year; St Louis home sales up almost 19 percent during same period

By , on November 19th, 2012

The St. Louis Real Estate market (the 5-county core St Louis Real Estate area I’m showing which includes the City of St Louis and the Counties of St Louis, St Charles, Jefferson and Franklin) saw home prices fall slightly (1.1 percent) in October from September to a median price of $120,000 which is an increase of 4.4 percent from a year ago. St Louis home sales, on the other hand, rose in October 6.6 percent from the month before to 2,607 homes, an increase of 18.9 percent from a year ago. If you would like to receive a free copy of the NAR home sales report please click here for immediate access. Continue Reading →

REALTOR Survey Shows 90 Percent of Buyers Use Internet To Search for Homes; What is Best St Louis site?

By , on November 14th, 2012

Annually, the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) conducts a survey of people that bought and/or sold a home in the past year to learn about their shopping habits, what motivated them to do what they did, etc. The NAR “Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers” for 2012 was just released and shows, among other things, that 90 percent of home buyers used the internet in finding the home they bought and, of those, about half used a local MLS site and/or agent/company site Continue Reading →

St Louis’ ‘Hot’ Housing Markets

By , on November 8th, 2012

As the St Louis real estate market continues to show signs of improvement in many areas, as I often talk about, real estate is very local, so markets within a metro area can behave quite different. Aware of this, many home buyers, particularly home buyers relocating to St Louis, often want to know what are the “hot” markets, or the markets that have definitely begin to come back? Seller’s want to what the hot markets are as well with the hope they will see their city or zip on the list. Continue Reading →

St Louis home prices and sales decline in September; Prices up 4.6 percent in past year

By , on October 19th, 2012

The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) announced this morning that U.S. existing home sales, and prices, slipped slightly in September, falling 1.7 percent from the month before however were up 11 and 11.3 percent, respectively, from the year before. The St. Louis Real Estate market, as the charts below show, we see slightly different data, at least for the 5-county core St Louis Real Estate area I’m showing (the City of St Louis and the Counties of St Louis, St Charles, Jefferson and Franklin). In this core area, which makes up the bulk of the Saint Louis real estate market, home prices fell 7.6 percent in September, from the month before, to a median price of $121,884 and home sales slid over 20 percent to 2,428 homes sold in September, down from 3,045 in August. Continue Reading →

St. Louis is the 5th most affordable metro area to buy a home

By , on October 19th, 2012

According to a report released this week by Interest.com, St. Louis is the 5th most affordable metro area in the U.S. with a median-income household having 23 percent more income than needed to buy a median priced home. Continue Reading →

List prices on St Louis homes on the rise

By , on October 17th, 2012

St. Louis home prices are on the rise as all signs continue to point toward a recovery for the St. Louis real estate market! The table below shows the change in the median list prices from a year ago for the 25 St. Louis area zip codes with the highest increases. Now, before people that live in some of the top zip codes on the list get too excited, remember, this does not mean that the actual value of a home rose by the percentage indicated, it just means the median list price has which could be the result of higher priced homes hitting the market. Having said that, the trend of list prices, along with other related data on the St Louis real estate market I’m seeing, is still a positive sign and a strong indicator of better times ahead for the St Louis real estate market. Continue Reading →

St Louis Real Estate Market Update Video for October 2012

By , on October 8th, 2012

The St. Louis Real Estate Market is showing signs of strengthening and even recovery in many of the neighborhoods throughout St. Louis. To get the latest St. Louis Real Estate Stats and the latest, best and most comprehensive St Louis Real Estate Data, check out our 5-minute video update below for October for the St Louis real estate market. The update includes charts with up to the date data on the St Louis housing market including St Louis home prices, average time to sell a home in the St Louis area as well as other data and charts to show Continue Reading →

St. Louis Real Estate Market and St Louis Home Prices Update;  September 2012

By , on September 10th, 2012

St. Louis Home Prices are showing signs of stabilizing and the inventory of homes for sale in St. Louis has declined to the lowest period we’ve seen in a while, both of which are signs of good things to come for the St Louis real estate market. Find out more, and get the latest St Louis real estate stats and market data in my video update below for September on the St Louis real estate market. Continue Reading →

Decreasing home supply and increasing home sales pointing to higher home prices

By , on August 29th, 2012

Over the past few months I have talked a lot about whether St Louis home prices have hit bottom yet and, in an article about 3 months ago said it appeared they bottomed out last year. When writing on the topic have stressed that, by the time we see solid proof of the bottom we will be past it and home prices will already be on the rise. Today’s pending home sales from the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) supports this notion and shows signs that increasing demand and decreasing supply is putting a damper on the rate of recovery of home sales and will also lead to higher home prices. Yesterday I wrote about home prices in the U.S. increasing 6.9 percent in the 2nd quarter (according to the Case-Shiller index) and increasing over 5 percent during the same period here in St. Louis. Continue Reading →

St. Louis Real Estate Market and Home Prices Update;  August 2012

By , on August 13th, 2012

Below is a video update on the St. Louis Real Estate Market that I prepare monthly. In this video I do a quick recap of the news in the St Louis real estate market for the month as well as an overview of the St Louis housing market itself. The update includes charts with up to the date data on the St Louis housing market including St Louis home prices, average time to sell a home in the St Louis area as well as other data and charts to show where the St Louis real estate market is and where it is headed. (Check out all our market update videos on our YouTube Channel – click here. Continue Reading →

Asking prices on homes for sale in St. Louis on the rise

By , on August 6th, 2012

St. Louis sellers and listing agents are showing some modest confidence in the St Louis real estate market as indicated by the increases in the asking prices of homes for sale in St. Louis. According to data from the St. Louis Home Team, asking prices in the St. Louis metro area rose just a tad (0.3 percent) in August from the month before and were up 2.4 percent from a year ago. Continue Reading →

Number of St Louis Homeowners with Negative Equity on the Decline;  Short sale help for Sellers and Buyers

By , on July 13th, 2012

Here’s some good news to end our week with: In St. Louis the number of homeowners that are underwater on their mortgage (owe more than their home is worth), otherwise known as being in a “negative equity” position, dropped to 90,196 homeowners, or 16.1 percent of all St. Louis homeowners with a mortgage, in the first quarter of this year, down from 101,829 St Louis homeowners, or 18.1 percent during the prior quarter, according to a report just released by Corelogic. Continue Reading →

St. Louis Real Estate Market and Home Prices Update;  June 2012

By , on July 10th, 2012

Below is a video update on the St. Louis Real Estate Market that I prepare monthly. In this video I do a quick recap of the news in the St Louis real estate market for the month as well as an overview of the St Louis housing market itself. The update includes charts with up to the date data on the St Louis housing market including St Louis home prices, average time to sell a home in the St Louis area as well as other data and charts to show where the St Louis real estate market is and where it is headed. (Check out all our market update videos on our YouTube Channel – click here. Continue Reading →

St. Louis Real Estate Market and Home Prices Update;  May 2012

By , on June 13th, 2012

Below is a video update on the St. Louis Real Estate Market that I prepare monthly. In this video I do a quick recap of the news in the St Louis real estate market for the month as well as an overview of the St Louis housing market itself. The update includes charts with up to the date data on the St Louis housing market including St Louis home prices, average time to sell a home in the St Louis area as well as other data and charts to show where the St Louis real estate market is and where it is headed. (Check out all our market update videos on our YouTube Channel – click here. Continue Reading →

St. Louis Real Estate Market and St. Louis Home Prices Update; May 2012

By , on May 18th, 2012

The St. Louis real estate market has increased activity and is showing signs of St Louis home prices stabilizing. Get this and much more up to date information on St Louis Real Estate from an experienced St Louis Realtor in this informative video update. Continue Reading →

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