Frustrated Realtors and Home Sellers Turn to St. Joseph Statues for Real Estate Help

Sales of new and existing homes are down, but sales of St. Joseph statues are increasingly on the rise
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Home sellers and Realtors are buying the St. Joseph statues with the intent of burying them head-first in the ground.

The tradition of burying a Saint Joseph statue has its roots in the old Catholic tradition of burying blessed medals in the ground, which was a way of invoking God's blessing on the surrounding area.

Today, many homeowners of all denominations ask for St. Joseph's help in their real estate needs. The popularity of this custom has recently seen a dramatic increase, perhaps due to the frustration felt by home sellers dealing with the downturn of the real estate market.

Online Catholic store MaryShop.com has witnessed a dramatic boom in sales of St. Joseph statues, with many customers buying multiple statues in each order, and others paying extra for overnight shipping. In fact, the St. Joseph Home seller Kit has surpassed all other products by becoming MaryShop.com's most popular item.

"It arrived yesterday," Eileen Nolan wrote in an e-mail to MaryShop.com after receiving her St. Joseph statue home seller kit. "The power of prayer is amazing. I buried the statue as soon as I received it and after no activity with my home sale, today someone came through and my agent is expecting an offer in the next few days… Thank you for getting this to me."

Eileen continued: "I may be ordering another for a friend who is also trying to sell his home."

Each Saint Joseph home-selling kit contains a five-inch resin statue, a full color St. Joseph story card, and a St. Joseph holy card with a Prayer to Saint Joseph. Each kit comes in a gift box.

The Web site St Joseph Statues.org specializes in offering the unique St. Joseph Statue home seller kits, and nothing else. Customers opting to purchase the kits for $9.97 each are redirected to MaryShop.com to complete the sale.

According to the StJosephStatues.org management, many customers are taking advantage of their bulk discounts; an order for 16 or more kits drops the price down to $7.97 each, free shipping and a free display. Realtors are especially fond of the quantity discounts.

As people continue to seek help from above to solve their realty woes, the ancient Christian tradition of burying a St. Joseph should continue to make a major comeback.

For more information, visit http://www.stjosephstatues.org.