Declutter Craze Help!

With all of the Marie Kondo fanatics out there lately, and since we get this question ALL the time, we thought we’d post a helpful guide for decluttering that we recently saw on Pinterest. We hope this helps you in your spring cleaning phase, and remember, if you are in St. Louis, Jefferson, St. Charles, Warren…

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Fees You May NOT Have Prepared For…

Happy February Sunshine! Today, and lately actually, we have been working with a lot of sellers and buyers that don’t know about certain fees/costs that are involved in the home buying process. Particularly, closing fees, title fees, inspections both government and home, etc. We found a FANTASTIC article written by houselogic.com discussing a lot of these…

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Know your rates!

HERE ARE YOUR CURRENT RATES in St. Louis! Thanks to our friends at CapGrow Home Mortgage for the update! Conventional 30 year fixed                            4.625%           0 pts Conventional 30 year fixed 3% Down           4.625%           0 pts Conventional 20 year fixed                            4.500%           0 pts Conventional 15 year fixed                            4.250%           0 pts Conventional 5 year ARM            …

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Inspections=Negotiation Process #2!

Good morning Sunshine and Happy Monday! It’s a Friday for us, so we just wanted to wrap up something we’ve come across lately with our sellers/buyers. INSPECTIONS! Anytime I put a buyer under contract on their new dream home, I always, ALWAYS warn them not to get TOO excited until inspection is performed and the inspection…

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It’s DEFINITELY still a Seller’s Market!

Good morning Sunshine! Lately, during our consults, we’ve been getting asked the question, “Is the market still hot?” Our answer…”ABSOLUTELY!” Summer months are always prime time. That usually doesn’t dull down until school is back in session. Just to give you an idea of how amazing the market is for seller’s who price their home correctly…

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Housing Market has PICKED UP!

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” Confidence in housing is at a new peak, with enthusiasm among sellers soaring, according to the April Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI). At 91.7, the Index plowed through its previous record, climbing 3.4 percentage points month-over-month and five points year-over-year. “The latest HPSI reading edged up to a new survey high, showing that…

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Real Estate & Law

Good morning and Happy Monday! We are HUGE morning people, so we are ready to roll with the posts! We hope you are too ;). As some of you may know, real estate requires a LOT of law and legal jargon that us salespeople and brokers SHOULD be aware of! Trust me, after just passing the…

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FHA Approved Condominiums in STL County!

Did you know that not ALL condominiums support an FHA loan? Here is the current FHA approved condo list for St. Louis County 5330-5360 Pershing Condos Arbor Creek Arrowhead Ashton Place Autumn Lakes Barrington Downs Bexley Station Blu Brentwood Forest Bridgewater Cove Burtonwood Manor Cameo Carriage Parc Carroll Wood Cliffridge Coachlight Townhomes Conway Meadows Country Stone…

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