Comments on: Can’t sell your house? Bury St. Joseph for an offer & publicity

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:34:13 +0000

The last line cracked me up

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:32:26 +0000

People think I’m nuts when they hear me tell them about St. Joseph. Your story, Tamara, is just one of many–living proof that this works. Thanks for sharing.

By: Tamara

Tamara — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 02:03:25 +0000

We are living in a very depressed area and to top it off we have a “three bit house in a two bit town” Currently two houses on our street have been for sale for years. One for nearly three years and the other over four. We had little hope of selling our beautiful home as there were a lot of other beautiful homes in our area also for sell (this is October no sales in our area since the previous March). Well six weeks ago we buried a St. Joseph statue (thanks to the suggestion of a friend) and I completed the novena (nine days) twice and the second time asked St. Jude for some additional help. We accepted an offer on our house today from the first people to view it (we have been negotiating back and forth for nearly three weeks). Say what you will but I am convinced that we received the offer due to the intercession of the saints. I am told the key is to have faith in the saints and in God.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:42:37 +0000

Well, our house has been on the market for over a year, with no offers! We’ve had a volly of realtors come through and they’ve all said we’re priced right at or below where we should be, but still nothing. My husband had a friend tell him of this practice a few years ago but we had forgotten about it. Today a friend of mine that I had not seen in quite some time came by and at the end of our visit she said “Hey, don’t forget to bury a St. Joseph in your yard, it’ll help!” as she drove away. So off to the internet I go to find all the details….. Husband is bringing a statue home tonight and we’ll bury him out front with a few prayers and lots of crossed fingers and toes. We have another open house this Saturday, so we’ll let you all know if it sells soon!! And if nothing else, we can actually say we’ve tried everything:)

By: Joan

Joan — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:52:53 +0000

Let us know if it works!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:56:11 +0000

My home has been on & off the market since 2006, FSBO and with realtors. I’ve painted, done upgrades, landscaping, lowered the price, etc. with not one offer until about a month ago, which then all fell through. St. Joseph was buried upside-down in the front yard, facing the house several years ago. A conversation at my son’s graduation the other night has prompted me to find, dig up and move St. Joseph to the backyard, upside-down, facing the house. That’s my one task today. Another open house is scheduled for tomorrow. I’ll let you know how it goes! Dear St. Joseph, please help me sell this house.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Sat, 07 May 2011 03:12:22 +0000

Moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco 7 months ago for my husband’s job. We have a lovely house and never thought it would take this long. Until it sells, we have to live with family which is never easy. We will be burying St. Joseph tomorrow. We are hoping he will help us. We will have faith in him until we do sell the house.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:13:52 +0000

My cousin who’s home (Ireland) on holidays from Maine, told me the story yesterday about burying St. Joseph upside down in the garden saying it works if you are trying to sell your house, i have to admit i laughed so much… I never heard of it & with being an Irish Catholic i thought i had heard them all!! I’m am totally sceptical about all this stuff & am in no way superstitious so lets see…
So here i am checking it out on the net. & really surprised to see so many stories about it. I just phoned the angel shop to see if they had any St. Joseph statues, after the girl looking in the shop & not being able to find any she informed me she could order one in for me but it would take a few weeks, after reading the stories etc… and very anxious to sell my apartment i didn’t want to wait the few weeks so she was giving me details of another shop where i could get one, in the middle of it all she started to laugh & seemed a little shocked & start to tell me that, there on the counter was a St. Joseph…! She couldn’t believe it she said, as she doesn’t recall seeing him there before & was certain that they were all sold out of St. Josephs for a while, anyway we both laughed at the whole thing & she is going to hold on to the St. Joseph which i will collect on my lunch break today. My apartment went up for sale last Friday 11th March, we have a viewing scheduled for next Wednesday 23rd, I will bury St. Joseph before that & lets see him work his miracles. I will keep you all posted, i’m very interested to see how all this will go, wish me luck!

Louise – Malahide – Ireland

By: Oscarson

Oscarson — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 17:06:43 +0000

I think its not only a fine tradition but also one of the best presents to give, I really dont think that it must be for religious reasons that you buy or give away a statue

By: Debra Gould, The Staging Diva

Debra Gould, The Staging Diva — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:48:38 +0000

Joan, It’s ironic that you wrote about this as I posted a business dilemma for home stagers about 2 weeks ago about what to do about a home seller who is relying on a buried St. Joseph statue to sell their home. My reply to the challenge is coming out Monday.

Unfortunately, if a home isn’t decorated to sell quickly (otherwise known as home staging, house fluffing and real estate merchandising) it will just sit there.

Clear out the clutter, get rid of all the problems that will turn off buyers and decorate to look like a model home and you’ll stand a better chance of competing with the hundreds of other homes in your price range and target market.

Prayers and statues are fine, but St. Joseph might need a little help!