Are you ready to list your Edwardsville home for sale? We like to call this time of year, "Selling Season." It's that time when the serious buyers pop out -- much like the February groundhog -- to see what's on the market and make their moves, roughly between Valentine's Day and the end of July.
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02/09/2011
It happened again just this week -- and we haven't even gotten to the most competitive time of year for home sales. Buyers who have thusfar refused to get a pre-approval in advance have lost out on another home. Someone else got their offer accepted on "your" target home because they had their le
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02/09/2011
You know that Who song at the beginning of the popular CBS TV show, CSI? "Whoooooo are you??? Who-Who? Who-Who?" Well that inquisitive little ditty has nothing on the staff at a title company who will need to know that you are who you say you are before you close on the sale or purchase of a hom
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02/09/2011
Yes, it's cold and snowy right now, but soon it will be warm here on the middle coast in St. Louis' Illinois suburbs. And that's why you'll want a home with a beauiful pool, but without the hassle that goes along with it. I have the solution. It's 3 Ginger Forest in the Ginger Creek neighborhood
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02/08/2011
Wish I had a dollar for every question I am getting from buyers asking, "I hear that the housing market is going down more. Why should I buy a house now?" Thanks for your question, but I have to tell you that you have just asked one of life's unanswerables. No one can tell you if housing prices a
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02/01/2011
How did the real estate market in Edwardsville, Illinois fare in 2010? Here are the totals: From January through December 2010, 317 new and existing homes valued at $70.6 million were sold in Edwardsville. (This compares to 334 homes sold in Edwardsville in calendar year 2009, a minor drop of 5.1
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01/18/2011
Would it surprise you to know that often the most challenging part about working a short sale here the Edwardsville IL area isn't dealing with the lender? It's making sure the seller is providing me with all the information and signatures I'll need to be successful in saving their home from forec
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01/18/2011
Today the Belleville News Democrat reported that Henderson Trucking Co., which specializes in long-haul refrigerated transportation, is moving its headquarters from Salem, IL to Caseyville, IL -- about 70 miles east. Caseyville is located here in St. Louis' Illinois suburbs, just south of Collins
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01/17/2011
Live Large at 435 W. Lake Dr. at Dunlap Lake in Edwardsville IL It's life the way you've always imagined with beautiful views of Edwardsville's popular Dunlap Lake and the area's common ground from the front of this 3,400-square-foot home and a private paradise in the back. An open floor plan plu
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11/18/2010
My blogging colleague Lori in Tulsa has the right idea with this super post about preparing your home for sale. What's happening in her market is being repeated right here in Southwestern Illinois. There is a lot of inventory on the market and buyers are being extremely picky about their next h
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10/04/2010
