Ballwin, Chesterfield, St. Louis Missouri homes for sale

For Sellers


Selling your home shouldn't be a stressful ordeal. Making the smart move of choosing a REALTOR® is your first step to ensuring that your investment in your home pays off. Our services and experience allow you to focus on your move while We manage your home sale from our initial consultation to the closing deal, and beyond. We pride ourselves on repeat business and hope you'll come to understand why.

What We will do for you
Recent Home Sales
Getting the highest price
Closing Costs

As Your Agent, We Will:

  • Complete a comparative market analysis that will compare your home's value to that of your neighbors.
  • Compile a comprehensive plan detailing all the efforts we will employ to sell your home, including Internet and local media.
  • Present your home to as many qualified buyers as possible getting your home maximum exposure.
  • Help you stage your home and generate curb appeal to ensure you get the highest price.
  • Assist with obtaining offers and help you in negotiating the best deal as smoothly as possible.
  • Help you find your next home and answer all of your questions about the local market area, including schools, neighborhoods, the local economy, and more.

Recent Home Sales

What are homes selling for on your street? Feel free to contact us to find out what neighborhood homes are selling for, free of charge, or to receive a more detailed analysis of the value of your home.

Getting the Highest Price for Your Home

Curb appeal is key and could make a difference whether people stop and take a flyer, or drive right by. Here are a few tips to increase the curb appeal of your home. Staging your home is important. Many buyers will stay in your home longer if it's staged appropriately. We have compiled some ideas to present your home in the most effective manner.

Closing Costs to Expect:

  • Title insurance fees depend on the sales price of the home.
  • Broker's commission is a full-service fee and will cost anywhere between 5% to 7%.
  • Local property transfer tax, country transfer tax, state transfer tax, and state capital gains tax are the charges that you'll pay for the privilege of selling your home. Credit to the buyer of unpaid real estate taxes for the prior or current year are variable and depend on when you close and when your taxes are due.
  • FHA fees and costs are all fees are now negotiable between an FHA buyer and seller.
  • Home inspections fees are in some circumstances paid for by the seller and include pest, radon and other inspections.
  • Miscellaneous fees can accrue from correcting problems noticed during the home inspection.

Find out how much your closing costs could be.

Pre-Listing Check List

1. Are you knowledgeable about Radon Gas and how you test for it?

2. How and where is the Clothes Dryer vented?

3. Are there any electrical wires attached to the bottom of floor joists?

4. What is the condition of the Electrical Lead-in wire.

5. Are there any double lugs in the Circuit Breaker Box?

6. Do you have Aluminum Wire?

7. Is each electrical connection inside a box?

8. Is the polarity correct and properly grounded on all the electrical outlets?

9. Do the GFI’s work properly when tested?

10. Is the Lower Level plumbing properly vented?

11. Are there any Plastic Water Supply lines?

12. Does the Garage Door Opener have its own electrical outlet / box?

13. Are there any windows that will not stay up when raised, locked when closed? Cracked glass?

14. Are any of the Thermal Seals broken on any windows in your home?

15. Are the inside Dead Bolt Locks keyless?

16. Does the sliding door lock work properly?

17. Do you know where the Water Stop Box is located? At ground level?

18. Are the gutters clean from all leaves and debris?

19. Where are the trash cans stored?

20. Gas appliances (BBQ Grill, Gas Lights) excluded from Laclede Inspections?

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Paul Rueter