SCOTT AFB HOMES FOR SALE MARKETING REPORT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REPORT, IT INCLUDES HOMES IN THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE FOR SALE...O'FALLON, BELLEVILLE EAST, LEBANON, MASCOUTAH AND WESLIN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ONLY HOMES THAT ARE PRICED AT $100,000 OR HIGHER THERE ARE 685 RE-SALE HOMES FOR SALE IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF O'FALLON, BELLEVILLE EAST, LEBANON, MASCOUTAH AND WESLIN HIGH SCHOOLS Status - A TOT LP: $154,389,620 HI: $2,000,000 LO: $100,000 MEDIAN: $188,000 AVG: $225,386 AVG DM/CDM: 107/132   Property Type - S TOT LP: $154,389,620 HI: $2,000,000 LO: $100,000 MEDIAN: $188,000 AVG: $225,386 AVG DM/CDM: 107/132   Grand Total: TOT LP: $154,389,620 HI: $2,000,000 LO: $100,000 MEDIAN: $188,000 AVG: $225,386 AVG DM/CDM: 107/132   Displaying matches 1 thr... 06/04/2010

Home Buyer Tax Credit: Military Extension  Congress has acknowledged the unique circumstances affecting members of the military, the foreign service and the intelligence community due to deployments and other circumstances by making the following exceptions that apply to both the $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers and the $6,500 tax credit for repeat home buyers.  Here are the additional benefits: Members of the military and certain other federal employees serving outside the U.S. have an extra year to buy a principal residence in the U.S. and qualify for the credit. A sales contract must be written by April 30, 2011 and settlement must take place on or prior to June 30, 2011. This extension applies to any individual (and, if married, the individual's spouse) who serves on qua... 05/07/2010

March 2010 Metro East Housing Statistics March 2010 vs. March 2009 County                                         #of Sold Homes                                                  Avg Days on Market                                                        Mar 2010           Mar 2009                                Mar 2010             Mar 2009St Clair                                           190                       167                                       132                         151Madison                                         257                       197                                       137                         140Clinton                                             25                          10                                       162                         273Total ML... 04/03/2010

Well our grand opening was a success! We had lots of military supporters, a representative from Senator Burris' office, the Belleville Chamber, plenty of local "Friends of HFH" business owners, and even a few fire chiefs stop by!   The grand opening was picked up by the O'Fallon Progress newspaper and made the front page! Here's the link if you'd like to read the article: http://www.bnd.com/2010/03/18/1179207/homes-for-heroes-program-comes.html It has since been picked up by the Command Post, our local Scott AFB paper, and the Belleville News Democrat.  We have had 2 new hero clients in the last week from our recent exposure and I can't wait for the spring and summer housing market so that we can help as many heroes as possible! Especially with the influx in military personnel arrving i... 03/21/2010

Paul Walker, Broker Associate Since 1997 Realty Executives of Metro East, 1109 Hartman Ln, Suite 200, Shiloh, IL 62221 (Corner of Hartman Ln and Frank Scott Parkway) February 2010Metro East Housing Statistics Feb 2010 vs. Feb 2009 # OF SOLD HOMES AVG DAYS ON MARKET COUNTY Feb 10 Feb 09 Feb 10 Feb 09 ST CLAIR 148 135 131 137 MADISON 140 170 145 135 CLINTON 17 14 106 142 TOTAL MLS AREAS 397 401 143 140 MEDIAN HOME PRICES Jan 10 Jan 09 ST CLAIR $118,045 $124,264 MADISON $115,668 $116,160 CLINTON $149,679 $129,293 TOTAL MLS AREAS $115,904 $116,859 Active Listings - Current Inventory COUNTY Total Average List Price Dom/CDM ST CLAIR 1565 $156,821 132/189 MADISON 1804 $177164 134/162 CLINTON 160 $151/180 137/167 TOTAL MLS AREAS 4705 $164,346 149,189 Home Prices May Still Be Too High Adjusted ... 03/07/2010

Homes for Heroes offers large savings to local community heroes when buying or selling a home:  A different approach to affordable home ownership. With the Spring housing market underway and hundreds of military personnel moving into and out of the area, Homes for Heroes is gearing up to serve as many Heroes as possible. Homes for Heroes provides substantial discounts and rebates to buyers and sellers in the following groups: military personnel, police officers, firefighters, teachers, first responders, and others who serve our community and nation. As the Homes for Heroes representative for the Scott AFB, Belleville, and O'Fallon area, my goal is to make sure that all of our heroes are aware of the maximum benefits available to them when buying and/or selling their home. Homes for Hero... 03/06/2010

The Scott AFB and St. Clair County Homes for Heroes program is growing!  We have had such a warm welcoming from our local businesses and their support for our heroes is overwhelming. If you're buying or selling your home and are part of one of the following groups ALL of theses savings, discounts, and rebates apply to you! Hero clients include: Military personnel, Fire fighters, Police officers, First responders, Teachers, and many more. Our local heroes are going to get HUGE savings with this program! Check out all the fantastic local businesses that have teamed up with Homes for Heroes to offer a well-rounded, full service, real estate experience at discounted prices! Abby Noble, Realtor Affiliate Rick Kincheloe, Gershman Mortgage Benchmark Title Company Barnes Home Inspections, Inc. ... 03/04/2010

I am always posting stuff on here about my real estate career because lets be honest that's what this forum is for, however I do have another full time (all-consuming) job as a military spouse.  Now for those of you who are unfamiliar with the military lifestyle this statement may come across as being an exaggeration but for those of you who have lived the life supporting an active duty military member you are all too familiar with what we have to go through and deal with on a daily basis. I just wanted to share a quick story about a first for me and something that totally turned my whole month around! I was at a store the other day checking out with my items when the clerk asked to see my id.  Not thinking, I handed her my military id because I am so used to being identified with that ... 03/01/2010

It's official, Homes for Heroes has come to the Scott AFB area and is now in full force with its first listing and an amazing Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening scheduled for March 15th. Get ready, the military discounts are endless with the Homes for Heroes program.  With 14 local businesses on board and many more to come I work hard at providing you incredible DISCOUNTED real estate services for our heroes that fight for us and sacrifice for us every day! Are you re-locating and moving to Scott Air Force Base? I am the Scott Air Force Base area Homes For Heroes representative. Homes for Heroes offers the largest benefits available and No Red tape! I specialize in military re-locations and listing properties offering unparalleled services with extensive virtual tours and detailed informa... 02/27/2010

We have just recently had 2 new additions to our Friends of Heroes list, the local businesses and companies that support Homes for Heroes in the Scott Air Force Base area.  Not only do our hero clients get huge real estate discounts with the program but the discounts and benefits last long after the sale of the home as well.  Here is a complete list of the local companies that have teamed up with me to give back to our local military personnel, fire fighters, police officers, first responders, teachers, and all our other community heroes. Abby Noble - Exit Realty Consultants Rick Kincheloe - Gershman Mortgage Barnes Home Inspection Sherwin Williams American -- Furniture, Electronics & Appliances Benchmark Title Company Spengler Plumbing Orkin CertaPro Painters Pete's Electric T.N.C. Pai... 02/26/2010

There is a wonderful new program that has come to the local Scott Air Force Base area that will be incredibly beneficial to the to military personnel PCS'ing to Scott AFB this year. And with lots of people on the move from Fort Eustis, VA it couldn't have come at a better time! The program is called Homes for Heroes.  Homes for Heroes is a company that works hard to provide discounts to military personnel, police officers, fire fighters, and local community heroes when they go to buy or sell their home.  For those soldiers that will be moving to the Scott AFB community the discounts and benefits are one-of-a-kind and unmatched by anyone else in the area or in the nation for that matter. Trust me, as a military spouse myself I know how stressful moving every 2-3 years can be and can cost... 02/24/2010

There is a fantastic new service that has come to the local Scott AFB and Belleville, IL area known as Homes for Heroes, providing substantial benefits for local military personnel and first responders.  Please check out the information below to see just how the Homes or Heroes program can benefit you or a local community hero you might know. SERVICE DESERVES ITS REWARDS! What is Homes for Heroes? Homes for Heroes is a community minded company whose purpose is to provide real rebates and real discounts for workforce heroes who are Buying or Selling their home.  We work hard to team up with local businesses to provide full service real estate needs at discounted prices. It is our way of saying  "Thank You" to those that give up so much for us on a daily basis. Who qualifies as a hero? Th... 02/15/2010

September 2009 Metro East Housing Statistics September 2009 vs. September 2008                                                                                                                                                 # OF SOLD HOMES                                          AVG DAYS ON MARKET COUNTY                               Sept 09                 Sept 08                                  Sept 09                  Sept 08ST CLAIR                             200                         234                                         134                         119MADISON                            274                         238                                         145                         124CLINTON                             23                           24                   ... 10/30/2009

Did you know that there are quite a few apparently "suburban" areas that are still eligible for USDA Rural Development loans?  I was digging around on the USDA web site the other day and, out of curiosity, entered a couple of local addresses.  Much to my surprise, I discovered that quite a bit of the area which looks pretty suburban is actually classified as "rural" according to the USDA.  Starting just a little east of Hartman Road, from 64 south to E B Street and heading east, there's a fairly big patch of subdivisions (like High Valley Lake Estates and the Greystone Estates, for instance) that fall within the USDA's eligibility map for the rural housing mortgage program. So what? You ask..... Well, what it means for people in and around Shiloh and Scott AFB is that VA loans aren't th... 10/26/2009

Market News for the St. Louis/Scott AFB Housing Market   I love reading good news about the housing market. I just read an article on Realtor Magazine Online about PMI Group Inc.'s ranking of the nation's top 50 MSA's (Metropolitan Statistical Area) risk for declining home prices over the next two years. St. Louis MO/IL MSA rated with a 1% chance of lower home prices. Stated in reverse, there is a 99% chance that home prices will maintain or go higher over the next 24 months. Here is a link to the statistics: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=63356&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1171100&highlight Positive news can be found for most parts of the country in this report. There are a small number of Metro Areas that still have a risk of decline, but those are limited to the markets that sa... 07/03/2008

May Sales numbers are out and they are looking good! Housing sales in the areas surrounding Scott Air Force base (St. Clair and Clinton Counties) remain strong. May home sales numbers paint a positive picture of the local housing market. This news should be reassuring to those buyers who are on the fence about buying a house in St. Clair or Clinton County. This may be your best oportunity to get into the housing market here. As the national housing news improves, that will only cause more forward momentum in the local market. Interest rates remain at affordable levels. Below is an exerpt from RASI housing report for May 2008: Sales Continue to Increase for 5th Consecutive Month in 2008 RASI released its May 2008 housing statistics yesterday, showing a steady upward trend in home sales ... 06/28/2008

Greetings! I am just starting my blog today, so this is my first post. I am excited to start adding useful information that people are looking for. Watch for updates! This should be fun! 06/17/2008

Why you should not wait to purchase your new home! If you are trying to time the real estate market, you may miss out on the best opportunity to purchase your new home! There are great opportunities in the real estate market, especially in the new construction industry. Builders are offering tremendous discounts, incentives, options, and prices on their existing inventory. There are many great home buying opportunities available in the Scott AFB - O'Fallon real estate market You see, people who already have a home usually need to sell it in order to come up with the down payment for their next home.  Even if they don't, they would have to carry the debt and obligations on two homes at the same time.  This can create financial hardship, even when you rent out the previous home.  There a... 12/05/2007

                                                                          Facts about Scott Air Force Base Scott Air Force Base covers 3589 Acres and has 980 Buildings. Population: About 3350 people live on base in 1,420 family housing units and four dormitories. More than 34,000 military and civillian personnel and their families live on and off the base. The base serves about 14,000 military retirees and their families. About 81 percent of active duty military members live off base; about 19 percent live in housing on base. Employees: The base has 12,684 employees. Of them 5,185 are active duty, 1,1104 are Air Force Reservists, 870 are Air National Guard and 5,5525 are civilians. Economics: The estimated dollar value of jobs created by Scott Air Force Base, including active duty, rese... 05/31/2007