The downturn in Arizona's real estate market is translating into business for Catholic gift stores around the Valley, where shoppers are asking for the St. Joseph Home Selling Kit.

The kit, which includes a statue of St. Joseph and an instructional booklet, is said to invoke the powers of the patron saint to bring a quick and profitable sale of a home. 

Why St. Joseph?

Joseph had firsthand experience with the fickleness of supply and demand in the housing market, of course. The story of how he managed to find a room for his bride (albeit in a manger) has become the basis of the Christmas message for more than 2,000 years. For that reason, Catholic legend has it that St. Joseph is the patron saint of real estate agents.

The ways the kit is used are as unique as the people who buy them, but most sellers bury the statue in the front yard of the listed home. When the sale occurs, the saint is exhumed and transported to the new residence.

 

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