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St. Joseph's help often sought in Phoenix home sales

The downturn in Arizona's real estate market is translating into business for Catholic gift stores around the Valley, where shoppers are asking for the St. Joseph Home Selling Kit.

The kit, which includes a statue of St. Joseph and an instructional booklet, is said to invoke the powers of the patron saint to bring a quick and profitable sale of a home.

Why St. Joseph?

Joseph had firsthand experience with the fickleness of supply and demand in the housing market, of course. The story of how he managed to find a room for his bride (albeit in a manger) has become the basis of the Christmas message for more than 2,000 years. For that reason, Catholic legend has it that St. Joseph is the patron saint of real estate agents.

The ways the kit is used are as unique as the people who buy them, but most sellers bury the statue in the front yard of the listed home. When the sale occurs, the saint is exhumed and transported to the new residence.

Posted by Mario Trejo Romero on 12/24/2006 05:03 PM

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6 Comments on St. Joseph's help often sought in Phoenix home sales

Merry Christmas

12/24/2006 05:38 PM

by James Gordon REALTOR® PBD SRS (Sibcy Cline Realtors®)

Merry Christmas to you as well

12/24/2006 05:43 PM

by Mario Trejo Romero (The Melcher Agency)

Mario, I first didn't hold much stock in this (and I'm Catholic) but the more stories I heard, the more I am a believer. I need to order some of those statues!

12/24/2006 09:57 PM

by Christopher Smith (Traditions Real Estate)

Mario,

I graduated St. Joseph's Prep. School in Philadelphia. My daughter was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. I take St. Joseph Aspirin for headaches. I'v driven through St Joseph, MO and San Jose, CA.

When I sold my home in Litchfield Park, AZ in 2003...guess what?

I buried the statue. It sold in 4 days.

12/25/2006 03:18 AM

by America's #1 Mortgage Broker

With market taking a downturn, our sellers look to us for ideas, this happens to be one of these ideas. As simple as this is, it is added value service someone else may not offer or think about..

12/25/2006 09:53 AM

by Mario Trejo Romero (The Melcher Agency)

My Board of Realtors sells them. I was admiring how such a small amount of plastic can cost so much. What a money maker. I have to get into plastics.

12/25/2006 05:22 PM

by Chris Elizabeth Griffith ~ Bonita Springs Fl Real Estate (Keller Williams Elite Realty, Bonita Springs, FL)

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