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April 2010

Video Of Baton Rouge Homes Value: How Much Value Do Pools and Metal Buildings Add?

http://www.batonrougerealestatebuzz.com/ – Video Of Baton Rouge Homes Value: How Much Value Do Pools and Metal Buildings Add? In this video, Realtor and Broker, Tony Zito, and Home Appraiser, Bill Cobb, discuss how appraisers value pools and metal buildings. Generally, the return might be 1/4 to 1/3 of investment, but not always. Sometimes pools have no […]

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Baton Rouge Real Estate Trends Seminar Themes 1 of 3: Real Estate Perks Up

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// – Baton Rouge Real Estate Trends Seminar Themes 1 of 3: Real Estate Perks Up The annual Trends Seminar was held yesterday with multiple keynote speakers. The Advocates’s recap of the seminar is located here, under Baton Rouge Real Estate Perks Up. There were 3 major themes during the seminar, one being that local […]

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Baton Rouge Real Estate: Google developing tablet to rival iPad.

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// – Baton Rouge Real Estate Tech Gadgets: Google developing tablet to rival iPad. Mashable Blog has announced that Google is developing a tablet to rival iPad. And, unlike the iPad, which I would not buy because it doesn’t play 90% of video on the web today via “Flash Video”, the Google tablet will play […]

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Baton Rouge Real Estate

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// – Good News For Baton Rouge Real Estate! TBWS Video: Congressman Works to End HVCC. 04.10.15 Today’s Show Covers: WaMu getting probed. Congress helps with extensions. One steps up to end HVCC. Tags: Baton Rouge Estate Appraisers, baton rouge homes, baton rouge housing, baton rouge real estate, baton rouge real estate agents, baton rouge […]

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Baker Louisiana FHA Appraisers: 2010 Housing Market Observations

http://www.fhaappraisersbatonrouge.com/ – Baker Louisiana FHA Appraisers: 2010 Housing Market Observations There’s some good news for the Baker housing market! A segment of the Baker market is now increasing in median sales price from the March 2009 period, see charting below. The parameters of the GBRAR MLS search included homes from $70,000 to $135,000, 16 years […]

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Livingston Parish Sees Higher Priced Homes Decline In Sales Volume and Pricing

http://www.denhamspringslarealestate.net/ – Livingston Parish Sees Higher Priced Homes Decline In Sales Volume and Pricing! According to Tom Cook and the Baton Rouge Business Report Weekly this week, “The largest increase in the volume of sales took place in Livingston Parish in the $100,000 to $150,000 price range. From March 2008 to February 2009, there were […]

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Livingston Parish Sees 106 Percent Volume Increase In Home Sales

http://www.denhamspringslarealestate.net/ – Livingston Parish Sees Largest Volume Increase In Home Sales Although the Denham Springs median home sales price appears to have declined between 5% to 6% since March 2009, according to the Baton Rouge Business Report Weekly this week, Livingston Parish experienced the largest increase in volume of home sales in Greater Baton Rouge. […]

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More New Baton Rouge Condos For The Saturated LSU Housing Market – Brightside Estates North

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// – More New Baton Rouge Condos For The Saturated LSU Housing Market – Brightside Estates North I just finished a three (3) bedroom Townhome appraisal off Brightside Dr yesterday where the marketing time was 262 days on the market. Two (2) of the comparable sales used, sold in 2010, were on the market for […]

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Baton Rouge Real Estate Agent Tips: The Importance Of Sending Those Thank You Notes!

http://www.batonrougerealestatebuzz.com/ – Baton Rouge Real Estate Agent Tips: The Importance Of Sending Those Thank You Notes!   Back in early 2004, I released the “Reapptools” Home Appraiser Marketing Guide. Some of the readers of this blog purchased that guide. While the implementation HVCC has eliminated some of the marketing methods recommended in the guide, there […]

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Baton Rouge Real Estate Buzz: Multiple Renovations and New Homes In University Gardens 70808

http://www.batonrougerealestatebuzz.com/ – Baton Rouge Real Estate Buzz: Multiple Renovations and New Homes In University Gardens 70808 I was appraising a home in University Gardens on Saturday and noticed a substantial amount of renovations projects taking place along with these two new homes under construction on corner lots back-to-back below. It appears the trend in this […]

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Baton Rouge Real Estate Photos From The Field: Central Thruway Progress Photos

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// – Baton Rouge Real Estate Photos From The Field: Central Thruway Progress Photos As Of April 10, 2010 The last major news article I could locate on the Central Thruway project was on May 20, 2009 from The Advocate here! A snippet of the article stated: “The work order was issued on Monday marking […]

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Don Stern: Ascension Parish Louisiana Real Estate – First Quarter 2010 Market Update

http://www.ascensionrealestateappraisers.com/ – Don Stern: Ascension Parish Louisiana Real Estate – First Quarter 2010 Market Update Coldwell Banker Mackey Company Realtor, Don Stern, releases the Q1 2010 Ascension Real Estate Update here! This is a very detailed update with multiple charts. I would encourage readers to visit Don Stern Real Estate Website, view his expert content […]

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Certified FHA Appraisers Baton Rouge: Good News For Greater Baton Rouge Housing Market?

http://www.appraisersinbatonrouge.com/ – Certified FHA Appraisers Baton Rouge: Good News For Greater Baton Rouge Housing Market? The “Guys” at TBWS Have Good News For A Change! “Foreclosures are upon us, but someone has to sell them. 5 reasons there isn’t going to be a double dip. Home Depot is hiring, 64% of Americans feel now is […]

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Video: How 2009 Major Appraisal Industry Changes Have Impacted Greater Baton Rouge Real Estate, Part 2

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// – Video: How 2009 Major Appraisal Industry Changes Have Impacted Baton Rouge Real Estate, Part 2 Baton Rouge Real Estate: How 2009 Appraisal Industry Changes Are Impacting Baton Rouge Housing, Part 2. In this video, Bill Cobb Appraiser and Realtor/Broker Tony Zito discuss home appraisal industry changes and how those changes are impacting Baton […]

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Baton Rouge Real Estate Agents: Shocking Study Of Sellers’ Ways Of Picking Their Agent

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// – Baton Rouge Real Estate Agents: Shocking Study Of Sellers’ Ways Of Picking Their Agent Their a new blog post on Active Rain by Bill Cherry describing the results recently published in the April Issue of Texas Realtor. Bill Cherry’s article is here! Here’s a snippet: “ 1.) 62% of home sellers only interviewed […]

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Denham Springs Appraisers- The Coco’s Explosion: What Idiot Approved This Hazardous Use Occupancy Permit?

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// …Denham Springs Appraisers – The Coco’s Explosion: What Idiot Approved This Hazardous Use Occupancy Permit? The chemical explosion, see below, last week took me by surprise! I’ve driven down this road many times over the years as it’s a major north-south traffic artery. What we’re finding out 1 week after the explosion is that […]

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Baton Rouge Mortgage Lenders: TBWS Video FHA Cracks the Whip on Naughty Lenders. 04.05.10

https://www.batonrougerealestateappraisal.com// – Baton Rouge Mortgage Lenders: TBWS Video FHA Cracks the Whip on Naughty Lenders. 04.05.10 Click Below To Check Out Today’s Video

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