DEAR BOB: As a Realtor, I want to thank you for your recent item about the drawbacks of cutting home sales commissions below the customary rate in the community. My specialty is listings. I find working with buyers is much less productive (although I make exceptions for good referrals). I’ve been selling homes for 14 [...]

Sales are expected to keep cooling in the comingmonths as buyer traffic continues to slow. Seller traffic is expected to pick up in the months ahead, which would help grow inventories and hold down prices, enhancing affordability.
Sales of existing homes eased in April, continuing a long-anticipated softening trend that won’t abate in the [...]

Of all the wonders in all the world, these are ours:
Eads Bridge, Forest Park, the Fox Theatre, the Gateway Arch, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica and Union Station.
More than 4,000 readers cast ballots in the poll to name the “Seven Wonders of St. Louis.”
A couple of things were clear from the survey:
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Until the Gateway Arch appeared in the mid-1960s on the St. Louis riverfront, Forest Park stood as the city’s most beloved and visited attraction.
This year, Forest Park observes its 130th birthday. It opened a few days before our nation’s centennial — on June 24, 1876. Thanks to a nearly $100 million makeover, the park is [...]

Thursday, June 29, 2006
Inman News
Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac
Mortgage rates increased for the third consecutive week as markets expect the Fed to continue raising its key interest rate to keep inflation in check, according to surveys conducted by Freddie Mac and Bankrate.com.
In Freddie Mac’s survey, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to an [...]