Daily Dose of Blairmont 88

Left to right:
• 2624 Howard Street (VHS Partners LLC, November 2004, $12,450)
• 2626 Howard Street (privately owned)
  
• 2628-2634 Howard Street (VHS Partners LLC, November 2005, $50,000)

May 2008



For the double house at 2628, the city's records show two sales on the exact same day, one for $22,500, the other for $27,500. It may look like a price bounce at first, but more likely it's just two transactions for two separate addresses.



There's a definite price jump on the small house at 2624, originally sold in September 2004 for $3,500, then sold in November 2004 for $12,450.

The small house was occupied as recently as 2000. After its purchase by Blairmont, it was boarded up in March 2005 by the city, and was slapped with three code violations. A followup inspection in 2007 found TWENTY code violations. Way to take care of your property there, Mr. McKee.

Links:

• 2628 Howard at the city's Geo St Louis database
  
• Aerial view from Maps.Live.com
  
• More on Blairmont:
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