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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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07.23.2009 9:07 am

St. Louis-area home sales down 8.2%; best month since last summer

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

[Updated: 2:01 p.m. see below]

June was the strongest month for home sales in the St. Louis region since last summer, the latest sign that the slump in the local housing market may be easing.

Sales of existing homes fell 8.2 percent,…

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06.23.2009 11:48 am

Housing rebound still fragile; St. Louis sales down 16% from May ‘08

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The signs of a small, fragile spring rebound in the national housing market are being echoed here in St. Louis, too.

According to data compiled by the Post-Dispatch from local real estate services, May existing home sales in the 11-county metro area…

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06.10.2009 12:28 pm

Renewed push to expand home-buying tax credit to $15K

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

With interest rates on the rise, business and real estate groups are once again pushing for a $15,000 tax credit for all homebuyers - a substantial upgrade from the current $8,000 credit that’s helping first-timers.

The Wall Street Journal reports today that…

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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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05.12.2009 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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04.23.2009 10:33 am

St. Louis, national home sales fall again in March, but less steeply

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

More signs that the housing slump may be easing, or at least not getting much worse, came out this morning from the National Association of Realtors.

They reported existing home sales down 3 percent from February, on a seasonally-adjusted basis, and down…

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02.03.2009 11:28 am

The end is near . . . maybe

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Is the lousy U.S. housing market, at least in some areas, about to hit bottom?

The National Association of Realtors says deeply discounted home prices are bringing out buyers, especially in the South and Midwest. This is the second positive sign…

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