As Snopes notes, no one knows exactly when the custom of using a St. Joseph statue to help sell a home became popular, but he ...

The folklore is well known: Need to sell a house? Bury a statue of St. Joseph in the yard. Maybe wrapped in a cloth. But it must be upside down, near the “For Sale” sign, facing the ...

Even in a hot housing market like Tampa Bay's, a bit of divine intervention never hurts. Sellers, meet St. Joseph. Although Christmas is over and manger scenes will soon be packed away, Joseph ...

Once the house sells, the instructions say, the statue should be disinterred and given a place of honor in the seller's new home as a reminder to thank St. Joseph for his commission-free services.

Known as the patron saint of home and family, Joseph, the husband of the virgin Mary, is believed to be helpful in the selling of a house. The ritual is to bury a statue upside down, next to the ...

Local religious supply stores say sales are up for 4-inch-tall plastic figurines of St. Joseph. Some Catholics believe that burying the statues in a yard helps sell a house. St.

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It doesn’t seem to matter how you pray, as long as you pray for St. Joseph’s help, and most of the St. Joseph home sale kits include a prayer card to help those of us who aren’t practicing ...