Shreveport Real Estate News and Questions
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Looks like although the number of houses sold is down by 15% the average home price is holding steady. What does this mean to you as a buyer? It means that with interest rates hovering just below 6%, more homes on the market, and prices tending to stay the
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Everyone looks forward each year to the Red River Revel on the riverfront in downtown Shreveport. It takes place the first week of October just when the weather is beginning to cool off. The days are usually crisp and clear which makes it a wonderful time to stroll through Festival Plaza
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NORRIS FERRY LANDING
Norris Ferry Landing is unarguably on of the best-situated gated communities in Shreveport. Located in southeast Shreveport on Norris Ferry Road, it is just a hop, skip, and jump (or less than a mile by car) to Interstate 49. From there you can access Bert
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With new virtual tour companies popping up on an almost daily basis, how do you choose the one that is right for you? There are several things to consider when choosing a virtual tour provider. A critical point to remember here is that the product you place on the Internet to
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I feel compelled to write this post, because most first time home buyers don't understandthe process of buying a home, but they don't know that they don't know the process. They think they know, but they don't. So this post is a short little primer on what you should
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Bankruptcy is an uncomfortable subject for a variety of reasons. The most obvious is the potential havoc it can wreak on your finances. Running a close second is the negative stigma which is often attached to the process. This negativity is important to mention because strong emotions can sometimes lead to
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New rules for FHA loans headed for House vote!
A bill that would allow the continued use of seller-funded down-payment assistance on FHA-backed loans now has the support of the National Association of Realtors and is headed to a full House vote after passing muster with a key congressional committee.
The
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Ok, so our second hurricane in as many weeks has rolled through the Shreveport/Bossier area. Needless to say, the virtual tour business has come to a grinding halt while everyone cleans up from the aftermath of these storms. While this area was fortunate not to have the brunt of Ike that
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Well, hear we go again. Just days after Gustav, the Ark-La-Tex is keeping a watchful eye on Ike. For those of you who may be unfamilar with this area, the Ark-La-Tex is the area where northeast Texas, northwest Louisiana and southwest Arkansas come together. Shreveport ismore or lessthe midpoint of the
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Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours is pleased to announce that we have weathered Hurricane Gustav with minimal impact. Earlier this week Gustav roared ashore in south Louisiana causing much distruction. According to forcasts, Gustav was on track to deliver a harsh blow to the Ark-La-Tex. Once inland, however, Gustav shifted its path just
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I've advised more than once on this blog that if you don't have to sell your house now, WAIT. There is a large number of homes for sale in Shreveport and the surrounding area in most price ranges making it a buyer's market. Locally sales are off by about 20% overall which
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Being hailed as the fourth largest natural gas deposit in the world, by now everybody living in the Shreveport/Bossier area has heard about what is called the Haynesville Shale formation. Everybody and his brother has been offered a contract to lease their mineral rights which is throwing a nice little kink
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Ok, it's like this. Last week I stayed at the Holiday Inn on Financial Plaza in Shreveport, Louisiana. I took a white terry cloth wrap with me for going back and forth to the pool.
On Saturday afternoon, after housekeeping had finished with my room, my wrap was missing even though
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We were recently invited to a Tuesday morning Realtor's meeting to discuss Virtual Tours. This Brokerage is pretty new to utilizing the internet. We covered some of the following points.1. All the realtors needed to have and utilize a working email account. Although it is understood that a phone call is
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Virtual tours are powerful marketing tools. They can benefit the seller, buyer and the real estate agent all at the same time. For the real estate agent, virtual tours will show their listings and generate high interest leads.But, the tour must be utilized as the marketing tool it is meant to
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Moviesand Moonbeams Outdoor Cinemais presenting "The Legend of Bagger Vance" at Querbes Park Golf Course on April 18. This is a free event for the public. If you are in the Broadmoor area, come out and join in this unique movie going experience.
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With over 84% of homebuyers shopping online, internet marketing has become essential to selling real estate in the Shreveport and Bossier City area. Homebuyers are demanding quick, digestible information at their fingertips. If this information is not there for the buyer to see, then the home is getting overlooked. In the
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Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours is happy to announce that our new PanoRider service has arrived in the Shreveport/Bossier City area to a very warm welcome. Many people have been very excited to try out this new service designed to complement our 360° interactive virtual tours. The PanoRider offers a full color panoramic
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Its spring time in the Ark-La-Tex and that means it's time to mow the lawn, trim the hedges, spruce up the flower beds and celebrate! It's time for the annual Holiday In Dixie festivities. Holiday In Dixie is a week and a half full of fun and activities of all kinds
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So, just how did 2007 compare to 2006 as far as the Shreveport real estate market is concerned? Statistics taken from the Northwest Louisiana Multiple Listing Service show that, while the market was robust for 2006 with eight buyers for every ten houses listed, 2007 ended up on a sour note
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I did my first Postlet last night for an agent who has had this listing on the market for over 6 months. As of tonight at the time of this blogthe tour has had 81 hits - today alone! Prior to the posting there had been only 6 hits this week!
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As a Shreveport and Bossier City Louisiana area Virtual Tour Company, Ark-La-Tex Virtual Tours is constantly finding new ways to augment our virtual tour business. One area which we have expanded into is website design. We found that once our Realtors started using virtual tours, they realized the power of the
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Welcome Michelle Reliford to the office of Keller Williams Realty Northwest Louisiana in Shreveport Louisiana. Michelle has been in real estate for a couple of years and loves to help buyers find the home of their dreams and take care of all the details of becoming home owners. Michelle also loves
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February 29, 2008 we had a WONDERFULLY POWERFULKeller Williams ALC clinic held in New Orleans, LA. Mo Anderson was the speaker. The KW Northwest Louisiana market center was recoginized for launching in the fourth quarter of 2007 and has already seen amazing results within the community. Scott Friestad, OP of the
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Today is March 1st and the housing market in Shreveport and Bossier City seems to be as strong as ever. My wife, Kerry Friestad and I are both very active real estate agents in the area and she has had at least 5 offers in the past 3 weeks not get
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