Karen I. Boykin and David G. Boykin bought a three-bed, 2.5 bath home at 4 Ivanhoe Woods St. in Kirkwood from Jane C. Bolliger for $498,000 on Oct. 4.

The 3,234-square-foot house was built in 1996 in Kirkwood Southwest.

Ms. Boykin is a tax and business consultant at Boykin Tax & Consulting in St. Louis. She was an agent at New York Life Insurance Company and a separations analyst at Cathey, Hutton & Associates.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 248 home sales in Kirkwood during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $184,250.

Address: 4 Ivanhoe Woods Street
Buyer(s): David G Boykin (and wife) and Karen I Boykin (and husband)
Seller(s): Jane C Bolliger (Trustee) (and husband) and Living Family Subshare Bolliger (Trust) (and others)
Sale date: Oct. 4, 2011