When it comes to an urgent action the sell a ome, most Sellers will use many different methods to speed up the closing. And guess what.. one of my clients told me recently that he had buried the St Joe statue at the front of his yard to speed up the sale.

Sceptic of doing it, I mostly recommend Feng Shui improvements and Staging in a home when listed with me.

But I had to find out about the ritual done by many sellers as of these days.

Here is what I found:

Most commonly, a statue of St. Joseph is placed inside a protective cloth and buried upside-down in the front yard. People differ as to whether the statue should be upside-down or right side-up, and whether the yard should be the front yard or back yard, but worrying about such things is unecessary.

Then a prayer to St. Joseph is said. 

When the house is sold, God and St. Joseph are thanked, the statue is dug up and given a place of honor in your new home, and you, of course, tell others about the power of St. Joseph's intercession.

Is this custom superstitious? It is if one doesn't believe in the intercession of Saints and the good of making outward signs of prayer. Given that  kits are sold in internet at a very convenient price including the shipping charges and an effective prayer to St Joe.

Believe it or not, I'd been showing that house more than other ones...may be Joe has a good offer for the Seller....

St Joseph Sell Homes ?