first time home buyers
Buying (Can Be) Cheaper than Rent
The affordable housing mantra has long been "Buy Cheaper than Rent". For a while there, when housing prices were escalating, it wasn't as commonly heard. Now its back, and rightfully so. Today's email came a story all about buying cheaper than rent in 98 out of 100 metro ...
Watch Out for Round 2
Word to the Wise
Just about every real estate professional can tell you about a real estate deal that hit a brick wall for one reason or another. Probably the most frustrating and heart breaking collapse comes due to inability to obtain financing.
The interesting thing about getting a mortgage ...
You Snooze, You Lose!
Shopping for a home is an exciting experience. Working with folks through the home buying process is always interesting. One fact about buying real estate is that each property is, for the most part, unique. That may be more the case in St Louis City than it is in some ...
"How To" Home Search
The Advent of the Internet Home Search
I remember talking to my dad about what things were like when he was in grammar school. As a child, I was amazed that things were so different in the 40's or 50's.
That's the same way I feel about ...
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When Premier Realty Exclusive started selling lofts in 2004, the downtown landscape was a different world than it is today. Developers hired salespeople exclusive to their building, sales were mostly direct between consumers and developers, there were no local expert REALTORS that emphasized helping the buyer and most folks in our profession were reluctant to bring clients to the area due to their own ignorance of the area. Lofts in the Lou was started in May 2005 to help people understand the renaissance taking place in Downtown St Louis and to promote the transformation.
St Louis Home Buyer Guide
St Louis home buyer guide was started in January 2010 to help give home buyers general information about home buying. There has always been a great deal of confusion and misinformation about the home buying process and the role of buyer's agents. StLBuyerGuide.com was started to help provide Saint Louis Home buyers with reliable information from someone actively working in the real estate field.
