According to the folks at weather.com, we experienced a freeze last night with temperatures dipping down to 29 degrees. Apparently, however, our rose garden is close enough to our home to have escaped without ill effect. Here's another of the December roses from our garden.If the predictions ho
...
12/18/2007
I first joined Active Rain and put my profile into the system at the end of July as a result of a new article that I'd read. I didn't really start blogging however until late September. Since that time, AR has become part of my daily routine. I want to thank the many other bloggers who have ta
...
12/17/2007
When my wife and I moved back to Louisiana seven years ago, we searched high and low for the perfect house for us. We didn't find exactly what we were looking for so we decided to build our own home. The first step for us was to locate a lot to build on. We finally chose to build in the Pelica
...
12/16/2007
I will be hosting an open house today in the Pelican Point Golf Community. The open house will be at 40020 Champion Tif East. This three bedroom two bath townhome is priced to sell at just $204,900. The kitchen comes equipped with stainless appliances including the refrigerator. A washer/drye
...
12/16/2007
As in neighboring Ascension and East Baton Rouge parish, the post Katrina prices are holding in Livingston parish as well. The average price of a new home was $187,743 in 2007 up from $173,048 in 2006. The resale market remained relatively flat rising only about $2,276 to $162,820 in 2007.Unit
...
12/12/2007
Unit sales for detached single family dwellings for the month of November in East Baton Rouge parish were lower than in previous years as shown in the following chart.In fact, the absorption rate for 2007 through November is at it's lowest level since 2002. Inventory levels, however, are appropr
...
12/11/2007
With sales data for detached single family dwellings through November included, real estate sales and prices remain in quite good shape.The average price of a new home has risen from $239.7K in 2006 to $258.7K in 2007. For resale homes the gain has been more modest, $201.4K in 2006 vs. $207.2K i
...
12/08/2007
Quite often, when presented with the option of getting Owner's Title Insurance at the closing table, clients will ask me for some guidance. In most cases, I will recommend that they get it. I was in a training session recently an the instructor was an attorney who was going over recent court de
...
12/08/2007
I'm one of those dang Yankees. You know, the ones who came south and never left. Where I grew up December meant cold and quite probably snow. Here in Louisiana, it's quite another story. Today, it's 82 degrees and I had to tend to the weeds in the garden and the lawn today. Here's some of wh
...
12/08/2007
In his featured post, IT'S OK TO RETAKE YOUR LISTING PICTURES, Mark Horan discussed listing photographs that were poorly lit, taken with objects in the way and other ways in which the property being marketed was not presented well. It touched a responsive chord with me and quite a few others jud
...
12/08/2007
