I haven't posted much about Ellerbe Road Estates in southeast Shreveport. Perhaps that's because it's not gated, it's not new, and it's not high end. But it's a great neighborhood. In fact, we like it so much, we've lived here for 16 years now. Ellerbe Road Estates was one of the first neighbo
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02/26/2009
We have some great festivals in and around the Shreveport area. I've previously written about theRed River Revel. It rolls around every year at the beginning of October and in my mind is associated with cooler weather, food, and art. In Shreveport when spring rolls around, you know it's time for
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02/25/2009
Good news for those of us interested in increasing the energy efficiency of our existing homes - you don't have to build a new one to get the new tax incentives. Read Dena's post below to find out more. Save the planet by making an old home energy efficient Better tax credits for increasing t
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02/25/2009
Ken Cook, gives a good explanation of who qualifies as a first time home buyer. Good to know now that the $8,000 tax credit is drawing some interested lookers.On one of my blogs the traffic logs keep showing a certain search string containing something similar to "who qualifies as a first time h
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02/24/2009
Stranger Alert! I don't want to scare anyone, but want to make everyone aware that there is a man who has been entering homes in Shreveport that have For Sale signs in the front yard. He was spotted at several homes Sunday afternoon in the South Highlands neighborhood. He actually parked in the
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02/23/2009
In an effort to encourage first-time home buyers to jump off the fence and begin looking for a home, the recently passed “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” made some changes to the tax credit for this group. The bill, which was signed into law yesterday, gives a maximum $8,000 tax
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02/19/2009
Thanks to Jason Sardi for this education about FHA 203(K) loans. Although Shreveport real estate hasn't experience as many foreclosures as other parts of the nation, we do have our share. This loan program makes it possible for more buyers to consider purchasing one of these homes. When You Fin
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02/18/2009
Shreveport Homes Sales Statistics for January 2008/2009 The table below compares the details of the homes sold in January for the Shreveport, Bossier City market. It includes data for single family homes. January Statistics 2008 2009 % Change Number of Homes Sold 266 206 -23% Average Home Price $
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02/13/2009
January 2009 Absorption Rates - Residential Sales Inventory of residential housing is down in the Shreveport market, but unfortunately, so are sales. Below I've shown the listing and sales figures of single family homes for the Shreveport area for January 2009. In total, there are 1790 homes for
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02/13/2009
This really should probably be a dually-authored post, since my sister, Bayou Woman, and I are co-discoverers of this malady. Well, we came up with the acronym anyway. Before I tell you what the acronym stands for and to help you determine if you also suffer from this blight on humanity, see if
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02/02/2009
