In January, Algiers residents started being charged more for garbage pickup. Substantially more. Like double what we were paying before. Part of the pitch for this increase was that we would see the return of curbside recycling, which has been absent since Katrina unless you paid for a private service. Sure, there are monthly drop…
When you buy a New Orleans home we will push, prod, cajole, plead and beg to be sure that you perform a home inspection. It’s in your best interests and we don’t want you to find out down the road that there were issues with a house that would have caused you to either (a)…
Real Estate in Gretna LA 70053 The City of Gretna is the only community on the West Bank of New Orleans that has an increase in home sale prices this year. At the end of February, the average Gretna home has sold for $146,150. This is a 16.67% increase over last year’s average. At the…
Real Estate in Terrytown and Gretna LA Like the rest of the West Bank, Terrytown is being hit by foreclosure sales that are pulling down prices in the community. Sales of foreclosures have leaped from 30% of the market last year to 56.5% of sales so far this year. Not only are foreclosures making up…
Real Estate in Harvey LA While some areas of West Bank real estate are seeing an increase in the number of sales, if not the prices, Harvey is holding steady. As of the end of February, there have been 28 single family homes sold, compared to 29 at the same time last year. Inventory has…
Just about every day we hear from someone that wants a list of foreclosures on the West Bank. Some of those people fancy themselves investors, even though they might never have bought and sold real estate before. Some of them have bought into the fallacy that foreclosures are the only deals in the current market….
The City of Gretna is in the running for a $40,000 prize to renovate the old Post Office and they are asking for everyone’s help in voting for the city. Vote up to 10 times a day until the contest ends on May 30th and let’s help improve a little piece of the West Bank….
Real Estate in Marrero LA The biggest news in Marrero real estate this month is the jump in the number of foreclosures being sold in the community. Although foreclosures make up only 8.7% of the available listings, they have accounted for almost 44% of the sales so far this year, an increase of over 12%…
Real estate in Westwego, Avondale and Bridge City LA It appears that the story for 2011 will be foreclosures and short sales. We have not experienced such a high level of bank owned property sales in many years and the 70094 zip code is seeing more than its fair share. As of the end of…
To all of you wearing green, hanging out at Parasol’s or attending tonight’s parade, we wish you a… 2011 St. Patrick’s Day Parade Route
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