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11.10.2009 10:30 am

St. Louis-area home prices skid 4.4% in third quarter, better than national average

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The median price of a home sold in St. Louis fell 4.4 percent in the third quarter, according to figures out this week from the National Association of Realtors.

The median - the point at which half of homes sold for more…

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10.23.2009 10:29 am

Local home sales jump 6%, prices still down

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Home sales in the St. Louis region jumped in September by the most in at least a year as first-time buyers snatched up deals with the $8,000 tax credit. But the median price continued to drift downward across most of…

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09.08.2009 11:49 am

Report: St. Louis housing market 10 percent undervalued

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Chalk up one more forecaster who’s calling a bottom in the housing market.

The economists at IHS Global Insight issued their latest housing report last week, tracking data from the second quarter, and found that prices are falling at a much slower…

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08.12.2009 11:59 am

Report: St. Louis home prices down 10.1%, but signs that slump is easing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The median price for a single-family home sold in metro St. Louis in the second quarter was $133,600, according to data released today by the National Association of Realtors. And depending on how you look at it, that’s either good news, or…

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07.07.2009 11:25 am

Risk of further home price declines in St. Louis eases a bit

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s a sliver of good news for the local housing market.

A widely-watched index out Tuesday suggests the risk of more price declines in the St. Louis area actually fell a bit in the second quarter.

Mortgage insurance agent PMI Group today…

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06.04.2009 12:56 pm

IHS: St. Louis homes worth 8.4% less than they should be

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The economists at IHS Global Insight published their quarterly report on the housing market Wednesday, and found that - given the economic fundamentals - homes in much of the country are “undervalued” right now. Including St. Louis

Nationwide, prices in the first…

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05.27.2009 2:09 pm

A bit of spring in St. Louis housing market’s step

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It appears spring has sprung in the region’s housing market, at least a little bit.

Existing home sales in April in the nine-county St. Louis area hit their highest level since October, and had their lightest year-over-year decline since that month,…

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05.18.2009 10:29 am

Realtors: Sellers becoming more realistic on home prices, buyers less so

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A new survey of Realtors out this morning from HomeGain finds that the perception of what a home is worth right now is still very much in flux.

Home sellers, a survey of 1,150 Realtors nationwide found, are finally getting the…

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05.12.2009 10:24 am

St. Louis home prices tumbled in first quarter

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

These numbers are a bit old at this point, but we got one more confirmation this morning of real estate’s dark winter.

Median home prices tumbled 16.9 percent in St. Louis in the first quarter, compared to the same period last…

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05.11.2009 10:39 am

St. Louis stacks up well on new affordability measures

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Center for Housing Policy issued its always-worth-a-look “Paycheck to Paycheck” report on housing affordability the other day. And the good news for St. Louis is that the region became a bit more affordable - relative to other cities - over…

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