I sold my Home!

I sold my home! And the best part i s that the person who is buying my house is as excited as I am - he seems to really love the house and is nervous that I will change my mind.

Even tho, I am a realtor, I am selling without any other realtor involved and YEAHHHH I don't have to pay any commissions!

No more pulling weeds - I don't have to worry about shoveling snow - or having a vacant house that might be vandalized - oh what a relief it is!

Virtual Staging a vacant home for sale

Now this is a new one to me - Virtual Staging a vacant home for sale - they take the actual photo of a vacant room and superimpose furniture into it - Have you ever noticed that pictures of vacant homes all look alike with neutral walls and sometimes unidentifiable rooms?

This seems like a good idea to me - wonder how hard it would be for the average real estate agent to do - home staging without ever leaving home!

Will my house ever sell?

Will my house ever sell? I had to go by one of our city houses and yank on weeds and tree bushes....

I am so TIRED of doing that - I did not even begin to do the inside cleaning - tons of cobwebs and the toilet is dirty - How does the toilet get dirty in a vacant house???

Some water spots came through on the paint job - OLD water spots - that i put kilz on - and now i have to touch these up because it will look like the roof leaks, even tho it doesn't anymore.

Oh yeah and someone poked a hole in the wall!!!!

After I left the house, I immediately came home and dropped the price by $5000 - someone buy this house!!

St louis in top 10 cities

Wow.....Here are the top 10 cities where Forbes magazine says this is the economic reality now and the conditions are likely to get even better as health care, technology, and energy draw more employees into their ranks:

1. Dallas
2. Houston
3. Minneapolis
4. Austin, Texas
5. Washington, D.C.
6. St. Louis
7. Seattle
8. Atlanta
9. Kansas City, Mo.
10. Denver


What great news for St. Louis - too many times we are in the bottom in the good things and rated top in the bad things.
Source: Forbes, Francesca Levy (09/03/2009)

Renting down - Homes Sales up

Just read in Realtor magazine that renting is on the down swing and first time home buyer saless is on the rise ----- no suprise here.




Even though this comes as no surprise, it is sure great to hear good news for
a change. For years we have heard nothing but doom and gloom about the
economy and the housing market, which just seemed to make things worse. Even tho everyone in my circle of friends seem to be doing the same financially, there is the feeling that you need to tighten up and not spend so much, etc.

First time in 5 years - home sales rise

For the first time in five years, existing-home sales have increased for four months in a row, according to the National Association of Realtors®..... so it is true - things are picking up! Existing homes sales rose 7.2 percent.

And new home sales are crazy too - i have 95 homes listed with Builder Realty Services here in St. Louis - and I have a hard time keeping track of the homes going under contract - 90% of them are not home sale contingent either.

The monthly sales gain was the largest on record for the total existing-home sales series dating back to 1999. ... Makes you want to list your home, doesn't it?

Sales on the rise

Everyone I have talked to in the last few weeks is more positive about the economy and real estate sales. I have personally seen the rise in sales - the number of people viewing the properties and the number of contracts in is encouraging --- we have even had multiple contracts on the same property..... been along time since that has happened.