St. Louis Rental Market

New data from a rental company shows Missouri had the biggest increase in the median price of rent. Other statistics put St. Louis among the top 10 cities with change in price.

Missouri landlords were found to cash in on the State Assistance for Housing Relief program even as they failed to provide basic maintenance and upkeep.

Attorneys say the defendants preyed on vulnerable people by renting rooms in condemned buildings and in properties without permits to serve as rooming houses.

A recent study found online rental listings in St. Louis neighborhoods with more poor, Black residents are less likely to include a neighborhood name in their advertisements.

University City-based Matthew Chase is one of the busiest eviction attorneys in both St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County — as evidenced by the fact that many of the area’s biggest landlords have picked them as their go-to guy.

Housing experts say goals to build more moderate-cost housing to St. Louis County could founder without incentives. Developers are less likely to build…

It’s getting increasingly difficult for renters to save money for their first home.That’s according to a National Association of Realtors report released…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Dec. 11, 2009 - Virginia Benson and her husband, George, live high above street level in a building…