Huge economic news coming to the West Bank of Ascension Parish - Linde is investing $400,000,000 to build the largest air separating unit system along the entire Mississippi River Corridor! This project will be built in the new River Place MegaPlex currently under construction along the West Bank of Ascension Parish in/along Donaldsonville. This new project will supply oxygen and nitrogen essentials to the Blue Point Number One plant. It is estimated that this will create 15

Fannie Mae has now removed the minimum score requirement as part of the loan underwriting process! That's huge news for the consumer loan market and will open up an avenue to home ownership for a whole new group of individuals. Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriting (DU) system will now review your entire overall financial profile which includes income, assets, payment history & credit behavior in making an automated DU approval/deny decision. The key takeaway from this is that

October 2025 Home Sales Statics for the Greater Baton Rouge area are in and at the chart below: October 2025 residential home sales statistics are in for the Month of October 2025 and it was another very solid month in our area! 727 homes were sold in the Greater Baton Rouge Area in October 2025 vs 673 sold in October 2024 with the median sales price increasing almost 2% up to $269,768. The average days on market inched up by 1 day to 69 days before going pending and histori

Manchac Plantation Subdivision is located in Prairieville, LA just across the parish line separating East Baton Rouge & Ascension Parishes. The subdivision sits just south of Santa Maria golf course and is accessed directly from Old Perkins Rd. Most of the homes in Manchac Plantation were built in/around 2000 and range in price from $400,000 - $1,600,000 or so! There are some large, estate sized homes on large lots up towards the front of the subdivision with the balance of

Loren Scott - longtime economic professor and forecaster for Louisiana - has just recently come out with his jobs/economic growth...

One of my key lender partners has announced new upper limits on their Conventional Loan program and it is now $819,000 up from $806,500! ...

August 2025 Home Sales Statics for the Greater Baton Rouge area are in and at the chart below: It's really a pretty decent month of home...

November 2023 real estate sales numbers for the Greater Baton Rouge Area are in. A total of 703 properties were listed and sold in the...

The Baton Rouge Chamber recently release an in-depth look at job growth in Louisiana through 2024 and their projections show that the...

October 2023 real estate sales numbers for the Greater Baton Rouge Area are in. A total of 714 properties were listed and sold in the...

September 2023 real estate sales numbers for the Greater Baton Rouge Area are in. A total of 807 properties were listed and sold in the...

As the renting vs buying debate continues to be discussed, Ryan Larussa with GMFS Mortgage has put together a rent vs buy analysis. Even...

August 2023 real estate sales numbers for the Greater Baton Rouge Area are in. A total of 939 properties were listed and sold in the...

High level total real estate sales in the Greater Baton Rouge Area as reported through the GBRAR MLS. Detailed real estate sales by...

July 2023 real estate sales numbers for the Greater Baton Rouge Area are in. A total of 925 properties were listed and sold in the...

High level total real estate sales in the Greater Baton Rouge Area as reported through the GBRAR MLS. Detailed real estate sales by...

June 2023 real estate sales numbers for the Greater Baton Rouge Area are in. A total of 994 properties were listed and sold in the...

May 2023 real estate sales numbers are in and they show a growth in both unit sales and total sales volume from April 2023! There were...

As a follow-up to my earlier post talking about April 2023 real estate sales in the Greater Baton Rouge area, I've put together some...

There were 910 properties sold in the Greater Baton Rouge Area during April 2023. This geographic area includes the following parishes: -...