Praying for a sale: Home sellers bury St. Joseph statues
Nope, it's not April 1st... Apparently some folks have taken to believing that Saint Joseph, the patron saint of laborers and house hunters, will help their home sell...
From today's USAToday.com,
Judy Moore knew she was going to have trouble selling the home with the really steep driveway. For help, she turned not to an advertiser or a fellow real estate agent, but to someone she hadn't used since the last slowdown in the housing market: St. Joseph.Or you could just pay attention to your local market, hire a good agent, and price your property correctly the first time...
She buried a figurine of the Roman Catholic saint upside down in the home's yard. And soon, sure enough, she had her sale.
"I've seen all different kinds of markets, and I do believe pulling from whatever powers I can to make it work," said Moore, an agent in the Boston suburb of Lexington. "Sometimes just baking bread doesn't do it anymore." [more...]
Praying for a sale: Home sellers bury St. Joseph statues [USAToday.com]
posted by Matt Lanning @ 3:11 PM
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Matt,
Catholics have been burying St. Joseph in their yards for years. This is not a new phenomena. It's just a cultural tradition. No need to make fun of it.
Best regards.
JH
As a non-Catholic, this is not something I've heard of before, just as many of my readers may likely not have heard of it.
And as a non-Catholic, I wouldn't likely be the recipient of any religious good-will associated with the burying of a Catholic statue.
So, my intention was not to poke fun, but rather to point out that some easily-swayed or desperate sellers (Catholic or otherwise) may now forego proper sales methods if they are lead to believe that a patron saint will instead get them a record sales price.
My apologies to Catholics. I had no desire to offend anyone.
A homeowner on Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" buried a St. Joseph statue in the yard of his Hollywood Hills house when it wasn't selling. Worked like a charm. Well, that and the $100k price reduction.
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