Philippe H. Villard and Jessica L. D'lack bought a four-bedroom, two-bath home at 114 Tulip Dr. in Webster Groves for $320,000 from Dr. Gregory R. Booth and his wife, Dr. Candice B. Booth, on July 28.

The Booths paid $279,900 for the property in June 2005.

The 1,941-square-foot house was built in 1940.

Villard serves as a business development manager for bioMerieux USA, a designer of clinical laboratory products for microbiology and infectious disease diagnostics. The company has manufacturing sites located in St. Louis and Durham, N.C.

He earlier served as a global product manager and microbiology trainer for the company.

He received a degree in business administration from Lyon Management School and a degree in microbiology from Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1.

D'lack has previously worked in the Creve Coeur/Chesterfield office of Coldwell Banker Gundaker.

Dr. Gregory R. Booth practices as a pediatrician at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis. He specializes in neonatal and perinatal medicine.

He earned an M.D. from University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. He completed both his residency and fellowship at Saint Louis University and Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center.

Dr. Candice B. Booth is a board certified physician of emergency medicine. She practices at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis.

Home sales in Webster Groves have risen 14.3 percent thus far in 2008. The median sale price has dropped from $210,000 in 2007 to $179,000 so far this year.

Address: 114 Tulip Drive
Buyer(s): Philippe H Villard (and Others)
Seller(s): Gregory R Booth (and Wife)
Sale date: Jul. 28, 2008