A company called First Street began calculating 5 types of climate risks associated with residential homes in 2020: Flood, heat, fire, wind and air quality. Realtor.com began publishing these ratings with each home listing in the last year or two, along w...
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Mortgage rates for home buyers continue to drop, and are now in the low 6% range on 30 year fixed loans. For 15 and 20 year fixed rate loans, those rates will be even lower, which can be found in the 5s, as well as adjustables or buy-downs. With fall bein...
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Last week, Realtor.com announced the hottest ZIP codes in the country for homebuyers in 2024, and our own 63021 was #2!! This follows up last year's 63021 ranking of #10 in the nation, quite a back-to-back feat. You may have seen this story advertised as ...
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Rates for home buyers have dropped recently on 30 year fixed loans to 6.5% - 6.75%, a welcome break for those seeing 7s and even 8s the last 2 years. For 15 and 20 year fixed rate loans, those rates will be even lower, which can be found in the 5s, as wel...
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With the cost of most everything rising quickly the last 5 years, the cost of home maintenance, repairs and improvements has become more of a burden. Once clients of mine, myself included, get bids on home services, it can be shocking. How do you decide i...
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I have just completed reviewing, updating and boiling down my 48 point Seller's Agent Activity List, and have posted it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZWaFPGaKSW1byFLg4-mov65ZqzP4d0h/view?usp=drive_link Like my Buyer's list a few weeks ago, I th...
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This weekend, I walked Midtown St Louis, it has really been reinvented the last few years. Area is roughly Downtown West at Jefferson to the Central West End at Vandeventer, Chouteau on the south to Powell Hall or so on the north. Grand Center aka the Art...
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Since I have spent some time the last several weeks closely reviewing my actions performed and the time I spend with buyers, I want to share that with you. You may see lists periodically on what Realtors do for their clients. I may be remiss in not having...
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I will do my best to summarize, and how it may affect you. I urge you to call me and discuss if you want more details, I love talking about real estate, even the legalese! It is up to us as real estate brokers and agents to prove our value and our worth. ...
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I originally wrote this Dec 13, 2023: I want to address a verdict and shocking award that was issued on October 31st by a Kansas City jury, claiming that NAR (our National Association of Realtors) and several large, national real estate brokers are keepi...
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