Barbara Heise's Blog

Real Estate Trends in Webster Groves MO January through September 2011 R Reports presented are based on data supplied by the Greater St Louis MLS based on data available at the end of September 2011   The good news in Webster Groves this year is that sales have increased by almost 80% since Janua...

Real Estate Trends in St. Louis County Mo January 2011 through September 2011   Information from the Great St. Louis MLS Even though the graph seems to indicate that statistics are better in September than they were in January, the one statistic that really tells the story is the absorption rate ...

A Trendy Commodity - Owner Occupied Multi Families for the Financially Savvy One Owner Occupants Artistic Solutions to Making it work The current trend in housing is smaller.  A return to investing in multi families to accommodate multi-generational living is also becoming more in demand to fill ...

 Trends for University City MO 63130 January 1, 2011 through August 31, 2011Statistics based on information from the Greater St. Louis MLSUniversity City - single family only   Compared to last year January through August 2010   In terms of popularity, University City MO, ranked high (12th) in po...

Handsome Mission Style Home Just Listed in Webster Groves MO 63119   Located within blocks of Old Webster for shopping and restaurants and about a block or 2 from Webster University.  The street is only 1 block long.  The house has an updated kitchen with granite countertops, a jennaire stove and...

Maplewood, Missouri - Get your Kicks on Route 66 My fondness for Maplewood, MO started at an early age.  My mom would tell us stories about her years as a young woman.  She and her friend Helen were quite "hot" (I'll try to find some pictures) and also spunky.  They would take the bus from our ru...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are raising fees in 2012.  Is this good or bad for recovery? When my business partner and I first started in the rehabbing business, my husband, our general contractor, called us over to look at a problem we had on one of the houses.  My business partner looked at it an...

Maplewood, Missouri - How I Love Thee Once a sleepy bedroom community, Maplewood has recently exploded due to an influx of hip restaurants, specialty boutiques retailers and other developments along the nexus at Manchester and Sutton Avenues.  Establishedin 1908, the small inner-ring suburb was t...

My favorite things - sing it with me: "raindrops on windows and... " ...whiskers on rescued bunny rabbits." On Wednesday St. Louis MO had a nice and gentle rain.  No thunder, no lightning, just a little chilly.  That afternoon I had the pleasure of being with some of my favorite clients and found...

A Glimpse of 9/11/2011 in St. Louis, MO Yesterday was more poignant than any of us anticipated.  What impactful remembrances across our nation and all done so beautifully.  We were once again reminded to pause in our everyday routines and contemplate a few of the reasons our country is where it i...