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Buy or Lease is a question that is tossed round often when it comes to making a decision on a major purchase, like buying a car or even a house.  What is the biggest advantage of buying over leasing?  Ownership… Everyone wants this at some point in their lives. Being able to call something your [...]

Still trying to find the right area to live in the Gateway City? Look no further Newsweek released its list of the top 1,600 high schools and nine of them are located right here in St. Louis.
The list, which ranks Ladue High School at 282 in the nation and #2 overall in the state of [...]

Mortgage rates held relatively steady last week despite an increase of roughly 7 basis points on the 5 year and 10 year treasury notes. A majority of the rate market activity recently has been in treasuries with mortgage rates remaining surprisingly stable.  The stock market remains confined to a wide trading range with many large [...]

Last week proved to be another great week for the mortgage bond markets.
30 year conventional bonds increased 69 basis points, 30 year FHA bonds increased 100 basis points and 15 year conventional bonds increased 84 basis points.  Overall these bond price increases led to a decrease in mortgage rates of approximately 8 basis points on [...]

As people continue to consume huge amounts of energy at alarming rates, we add to our ever growing Shaquille O’Neal sized carbon footprint on this planet.  We now have scientific evidence of the negative effects of carbon emission in our water, land and air.  As the realization that our methods of generating energy are destroying [...]

Upper End Properties would like to welcome Sean Hadley, a Public Relations/Marketing consultant who is the founder of CKC Communications. Sean is well versed with the inner workings of the St. Louis media scene. He is a former network news producer, who also worked for KSDK.
CKC Communications is a public relations and marketing [...]

At Upper End Properties, we consider our success and the success of the Saint Louis community one in the same.  We strive to deliver our best service not only to those who are interesting in the real estate market, but also those who need us the most.  Through our charitable giving program, we make donations [...]

With the onslaught of the housing market recession, the age-old retirement strategy of “trading down” has become ineffective.  The housing market crash has had a sever effect on high-end homes, causing the difference in price between the upper and middle markets to decrease.  If the smaller homes are not really much cheaper, what is the [...]

Upper End Properties Gets Down and Dirty at Habitat For Humanity
It was a hot summer day when a crew of 9 from Upper End Properties met at the office at 8am and caravanned to North Saint Louis City to meet the wonderful people of Habitat for Humanity.  “I must say I was a little bit [...]

A Great Day For Ice Cream!
Two of Upper End Properties newest agents hosted an Ice Cream Social in the Oak Estates neighborhood in Olivette, Missouri.  It was a great day full of ice cream, face painting, hula hooping, bouncing in the bounce house and cooling off in the mister.  Upper End Properties Agent Betsy Kerner [...]