16 February 2010 Comments

St. Louisans more likely to cut home price than most of U.S.

This was not what I wanted to read today: according to Tim Logan of the Post-Dispatch, St. Louisans are more likely to cut home prices than most of the United States.
Citing real estate website Trulia, Logan discovered that the average price reduction in St. Louis (city) is 8%. Of all properties listed in St. Louis, [...]

21 January 2010 Comments

Selling a house is hard work

Selling a house is hard work.
There’s the obvious physical part – packing, painting, preparing – but the mental part is just as difficult. It’s hard for me to wrap my brain around leaving the house where I proposed to my wife (while she was waking up from a nap. Heh). Where we brought [...]