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Karen Goodman

Agent Member Since July `07

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Blog Posts: 548

St. Louis, MO  
United States

Phone: 314-336-9740
Cell: 314-265-8073
Fax: 314-434-2223

As a residential specialist serving St. Louis, St. Charles & Jefferson County, my clients have purchased homes, condos and investment property across the region at every price range. Since its inception, my clients have voted me as one of St. Louis Magazine's FIVE STAR award agents, an honor only awarded to 7% of the regions agents.

I have extensive experience working with corporate relocation, buyer's representation, and first-time home buyers along with providing full service to my listing clients.

The Kelsey Group, REALTORS provides me with proprietary software, PRECISE PRICING, which allows me to evalute the annual appreciation for specific homes, subdivisions or areas so that my clients can make a decision about 'Moving their Money' based on data analysis and sound advice.
Education:
University of Missouri- Columbia, B.A. 1988 - Graduated with honors, summa cum laude
University of Houston, 1989-1990 - PhD program in Clinical Psychology

Work Experience:
5 years experience working with children & families in the social service non-profit sector
6 years experience assisting the President & COO of a prominent holding company with international holdings
6 years experience in residential real estate resulting in over $35mm in closed sales!

My experience in guiding and educating clients along with managing detail oriented tasks, provides me with the perfect combination of skills to work with home buyers and sellers. My clients benefit from my focus on education and meeting their needs, while also being assured that every contract detail will be diligently managed. Add strong negotiation skills, and the result is an agent that can handle the multiple roles involved in every real estate transaction.
10/8/2008 12:19:00 PM

Preview of New St. Louis Market Report - Ladue Homes

As I mentioned in my last few posts, I am in the process of revamping my monthly market reports to give you better information. By next month I'll have reports for all of the communities that I track. But for now, I wanted you to see that two areas, even ...

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10/8/2008 11:48:00 AM

Preview of New St. Louis Market Report - Brentwood Homes

As I mentioned in some earlier posts, I am changing the format of my St. Louis real estate market reports to give you better information in an easy to understand format. In the next month I will roll out detailed reports for much of St. Louis City and St. ...

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10/8/2008 11:03:00 AM

St. Louis Real Estate Market Trends

Yesterday I published a preview of the new charts that I will be using for my Monthly Market Report for the St. Louis real estate market. One of my readers asked me to expand on the charts to include information showing how the pricing has changed since 2005. ...

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10/7/2008 10:19:00 PM

New and Improved Monthly Market Statistics

Since November 2007, I have been publishing monthly housing market statistics for St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles County. I'm working on a new format to give you better information and an easier way to see trends so you don't have ...

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9/28/2008 9:20:00 PM

Not All Real Estate Listing Sites are Created Equal

If you are looking for a home and want to see every home that is on the market, you need to know that the national real estate listing sites do not have every available home listing. Not only are the sites missing active home listings, but some of the sites ...

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9/25/2008 9:10:00 PM

New Map Search for St. Louis Area Homes

After months of research, my website has a brand new MLS Property Search up and running. It's important to me to offer my clients and website visitors the features that they want. My test group of non-real estate professionals loved it and I'm pleased ...

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9/21/2008 11:02:00 AM

Homebuyer's Guide to Choosing a Building Inspector

Earlier this month, I wrote a post outlining the type of inspections that home buyers should consider before purchasing a home. Choosing your building inspector carefully is just as important as deciding to get the inspection. After assisting over 140 buyers ...

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9/14/2008 9:39:00 AM

Housing Market Opportunity - $7,500 Tax Credit for Renters

A few days ago I told you why it is a great time for home buyers to purchase a home. In addition, people that are currently renting and have not owned a home in the last 3 years have an added benefit for buying a home now. In an effort to spur growth in the ...

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9/13/2008 4:35:00 PM

Home Inspection Guide for Buyers

Most buyers understand that they should get a building inspection before they purchase a home, but getting a building inspection simply isn't enough for most homes. Standard Inspections for Every Home Purchase: Building inspections The building inspection ...

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9/12/2008 6:02:00 PM

Housing Market Opportunity for Buyers that Act Now

If you are one of the many potential home buyers that have been waiting for the right time to buy a house....that time is NOW . Interest rates have just dropped below 6% , the lowest they have been in quite some time. Historically, fixed rate mortgages below ...

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