You know the feeling. Things are going well for a while — maybe longer than you expected. It’s all good, but a part of you is getting nervous. “How long is this gonna last? When’s the other shoe going to drop?” (If you’ve ever wondered where that phrase comes from, stay tuned.) I know a...
“Wait…what?” I was watching a local, New Orleans newscast this week — yeah, my life’s pretty off the chain like that — when they aired a story about the real estate market. Naturally, I tilted my head like a dog and paid attention. Unlike most dogs I know, I spoke words: “Wait…what?” The reporter was...
The bus our New Orleans real estate market has been on this year just pulled into Crazytown. The median price of a property sold in Orleans Parish last month was $362,000 — a 25% jump since January. That’s the fifth straight month with an increase, something we haven’t seen since 2008. June also set the...
I just finished updating the market information for all 48 neighborhoods in my listing map of New Orleans. You’ll see these stats when you hover over each of the neighborhoods in the desktop version of the site. Freshening up these numbers gives me great information to track how prices are moving all over the city....
You might have noticed that I’ve been unusually quiet the last month or so. I’m not normally one to overshare when it comes to personal matters, but there’s a good reason behind letting you know where I’ve been. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to donate a kidney to a friend of mine...
For the first time since July 2006, there are fewer than 1,000 properties for sale in Orleans Parish. As a result, the amount of time it takes to sell a home tied the record of 18 days, set this past October. By now, you can guess what that meant for prices: Prices have been on...
Once again, inventory – or lack thereof – is the story of our New Orleans real estate market. For the sixth month in a row, and for the 12th time in the last 13 months, the number of homes for sale in Orleans Parish dropped in April. Let’s put this in perspective: there were more...
Planting things is too easy. 1) Dig a hole. 2) Put plant in hole. 3) Fill what’s left of the hole with dirt. 4) Pat, pat, pat. Landscaping seems like a great DIY project, so very few of us turn to professionals who know what not plant and where not to plant it. As a result,...
I was in front of our house, when a parade came down Bartholomew St., celebrating Kenny Rogers’s first birthday. Kenny Rogers is a pet possum. This really happened, and, yes, it’s so Bywater. Have you ever thought you need to live closer to possum birthday parties? Here’s a link to all of the...
I’m a fan of Leonidas. Pronounced (lee-ahn-EYE-dis). Or (lee-AHN-i-dis). Or (lee-AHN-druss), for some reason. Mindy and I were one bad inspection away from calling it home. For years, you couldn’t talk to a Realtor about Leonidas without the new Lycée Français high school coming up. And, for years, you could drive by the old (Don’t...
