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

Hood Container has announced a $120,000,000 investment in their existing packaging and paper production plant in St Francisville, 70775! This plant was originally constructed in 1950 and has been an integral part of the St Francisville and West Feliciana Parish's economy since that time. This project will retain 295 existing jobs and is expected to create 819 indirect jobs during the construction/expansion phase. It is also expected that the retained jobs will pay at about

In 2025 the Michelin Guide issued their first ever star and recommended guide listing for restaurants in the American South and the Baton Rouge Area landed not one but two restaurants on the recommended guild - Elsie's Plate & Pie and the St Francisville Inn ! I've written about Elsie's Plate & Pie multiple times as their restaurant is just a few blocks from my home in Mid-City Baton Rouge. It really is one of the very best restaurants in all of Baton Rouge and their inclus