Best Wishes for a warm and relaxing holiday season!
37246 Prairie Drive
4 bedroom, 3 bath beautiful home in Prairieville. Perfect in every way! This home was originally builder's personal home and all the extras are located here. This three way split open floor plan includes amenities such as slab granite, wide-plank brazilian cherry hardwood flooring, 11 foot ceilings, triple crown in living areas, crown molding in all rooms, large gas fireplace, large covered patio with tv that remains, fountain, and rock garden.
19020 Wildlife Way
4 bedroom, 3 bath warm and cozy home located in The Lake at White Oak Subdivision. Special touches include: Beautiful parquet and brick flooring, Granite counter top in mother-in-law bath, transoms throughout, abundance of lighting with lots of windows viewing side garden and beautiful rear yard with fountain and concrete benches, master bath with three vanity areas, huge walk-in custom shower and oversized jacuzzi tub, and the "perfect" pantry with floor to ceiling shelving is next to oversized garage with workshop area.
38035-14A Post Office Rd
Feel like you are on vacation while living at home in this peaceful lakefront floor unit. This 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath condo features quality handcrafted finishes and is centrally located for perfect access to New Orleans or Baton Rouge. All electric for low utilities and the new refrigerator is to remain! Near I-10 and Airline Hwy. Perfect for your home or investment property.
5942 Glen Cove
This 3 bedroom, 2 bath home is a custom built home with an open floorplan! Owner is a master Venetian painter and the quality of fine craftmanships shows throughout this home! Enter home through stoned garden sitting area and small pond with front flowerbeds have a sprinkler system to ensure easy maintance. There are many special features which include Custom "Old World" cabinets, European Plaster Murals, Custom Cast stone F/P, Vaulted 12′ ceiling in the kitchen, & slab granite.
10434 Springbrook Ave
Pleasant and inviting home in great location! Exceptional Millwork and updated colors throughout home! Home features large laundry room, separate walk-in pantry, wood-burning fireplace with gas starter, and built-in entertainment center. Great neighborhood with a clubhouse, neighborhood pool, playground, and tennis courts! Easy access to LSU, Bluebonnet, Shopping, and Entertainment!
Wishing you and your family a wonderful holiday season! Visit ToniHouse.com for the lastest in Baton Rouge News, Real Estate Market Updates, and Featured Listings.
We have great news for residents in the Baton Rouge area regarding real estate news no matter what the local and national news media is telling you! We have graphed each neighborhood we have homes listed in. The data from the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors tells us we are currently selling at 2007's statistics and 2007 was a very good year! 2008 is by far the best year we've had to date!
It always surprises me how corporate agenda can manipulate data to "sell papers" since we all know - bad news sells! When we read the headline - "Baton Rouge Real Estate Sales Down 44%" - we started researching for ourselves. The only thing we can figure is they took 2007 September sales and compared to September 2008 sales - which were all delayed because our title attorney's offices were closed from the hurricane. But, it sold papers....
Also, the new about not being able to get loans is just wrong!~ All of our lenders have money and I have yet to have one client not be able to obtain a loan because of a new restriction. The larger banks and our mortgage brokers have money to lend and in Baton Rouge a minimum of 10-20 homes go under contract every day!
Now more good news!
1. I'm sure everyone know News Week's prediction that Baton Rouge and the New Orleans surrounding areas are the in the top five cities to best survive the pending recession. New York City and California's markets are already turning to the good - business is picking up in both areas and deals are coming together again!
2. Baton Rouge ranked near bottom for foreclosure activity nationwide! We ranked 99th of the nation's top 100 largest housing markets to have an increase in foreclosure activity! We only had.12% in the 3rd quarter of this year!
3. Baton Rouge is drawing new residents from all over the country. Ask anyone who is renting there homes. The majority of the new renters come from out of town and are renting before purchasing their new homes to get used to the area.
4. Audubon Alive Project - If Mayor President Kip Holden's tax package is approved, we will have a new project that involves the Baton Rouge building the next major museum in the United States with a combination zoo, aquarium, & nature center.
5. New "Square" proposed for Downtown - much like the Savannah Georgia look! We are so glad the "new" younger generation is NOT giving up on Baton Rouge, but staying to revive our downtown. They believe in downtown and support the restaurants and outdoor activities.
6. Emerging Green Builders in Baton Rouge. Yes! Baton Rouge is finally going Green. Mayor President, Kip Holden is doing his best to have all our new projects GO GREEN! LEED Certification is primary on his mind! Several developers and architects have received their LEED Certification and now our new architects graduating form LSU are pushing to get certified by year end! They know how important this is for our city to move forward. If our outside air can't be that great, we can at least do what we can to improve the quality of life around us in our workplaces and in our homes!
We have a lot to be proud of and we have rapidly moved forward from where we were in 2005!
Come view my two beautiful new listings in Prairieville this Sunday, October 12 from 2 to 5 o'clock!
Feel like you are on vacation while living at home in this peaceful lakefront floor unit in Airlington Plantation. This 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath condo features quality handcrafted finishes and is centrally located for perfect access to New Orleans or Baton Rouge. All electric for low utilities and new refrigerator is to remain! Near I-10 and Airline Hwy. Perfect for your home or investment property. $162,000
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What a Jewel- a rare find! This 4BR/3BA home in Prairie Oaks was originally builders' personal home and all the extras are here! Three way split open floor plan! Slab Granite, Custom Cabinets, Fisher & Paykel 5 Burner Gas Range, Stainless Appliances, Deep Undermount Sink, Curio Cabinet built into Snack Bar, Large Window over Sink, Wide-Plank Brazilian Cherry Hardwood Flooring, Open Floor Plan with 11 Foot Ceilings, Triple Crown in Living Areas with Crown in all rooms, Large Gas F/P with Glass Doors, Custom Wood Arched Front Door and Large Double Glassed in Back Doors overlooking Back Patio with Fountain and Rock Garden. Master Bath has oversized Jacuzzi Tub, Slab Granite, Linen Closet and 16″ Tiles. Children's Bathroom is a spacious Jack and Jill and bedrooms have large closets with shelving. Bedroom near Kitchen has a Built-in Desk and Shelving overhead between two Separate Closets. Other extras include: Utility Sinks in Laundry and in Exterior Workshop off Carport, Office Nook in Hallway with TV and Phone Connections could be a Children Playroom/Den, Linen and Broom Closets in Nook, Laundry Room has abundance of Cabinetry, Upgraded Faucets and Light fixtures, Pedestal Sink in Front Bathroom, Molding surrounds all Windows, Transoms in Den. The exterior of home is constructed with Old South Carolina Brick and the back yard has a large covered Patio with T.V. that remains. Large Driveway with Extra Parking Space. What else could you ask for!
As always, don't forget to "Make the House Call" for any of your Real Estate Needs!
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Baton Rouge Weekend Events for Friday, September 19- Sunday, September 21, 2008!
LSU Museum of Art
Visit the newest exhibition "LSU Art: Past and Present" at the LSU Museum of Art in the Shaw Center Downtown. This exhibit will be a rotating display of past and present talents of work by LSU art professors and their students including current professors Kelli Scott Kelley, Michael Crespo, and Duncan Ferguson. The exhibition will be "thematic and works will be chosen to reflect aesthetic concerns, often combining work of both past and present faculty members and students. The exhibit opened yesterday Thursday, September 18, 2008. While at the Shaw Center also visit the "Through the Lens" exhibition which features 20th-Century Photography. Visit the LSU MOA for more information.
Live After Five
Live After Five is back! The popular (and free!) outdoor concert series starts tonight! Tonight Friday, September 19 is the debut of this Fall seasons Life After Five! The fall season will run for 8 weeks. So every Friday join the dancing, fun, and great food at Galvez Plaza (located on North Boulevard, directly east of the Old State Capitol) at 5 PM. Tonights performance will be by Hip Boot Joe a "Southern Fried Country Rock". Find out more and view pictures of past concerts at Live After Five!
Go Play Golf at a Highly Ranked Baton Rouge Golf Course!
BREC's Beaver Creek Golf Course has recently received 4/5 in Golf Digest's Best Places to Play! They also go on to say, "Fans agree that the greens were very good and the staff was very friendly and accommodating. Holes 11 through 16 are a real test." This is the second year in a row Beaver Creek has received a four star rating.
This weekend visit this Golf Course which is located 20 minutes from downtown Baton Rouge off of Highway 61 in Zachary. Beaver Creek offers a 18- hole course, lighted driving range, large putting green, and a short wedge chipping area. Book your tee time today at 225-658-6338. For more information on the Beaver Creek Golf Course, Book a Tee Time Online, or Directions visit BREC Golf.
Saturday Science Academy
This Saturday, September 20, 2008 bring your kids ages 8 to 12 to the Highland Road Park Observatory for the Saturday Science Academy. The topic this Saturday will be "The Wonderful World of Astronomy". Kids must be accompanied by parent or guardian. What a great way to have fun with your children as you both learn more about the world around you! Cost is $5 per child in EBR Parish and $6 for those out of parish. The Academy begins at 10 AM and should end around 12 PM. For more information contact the Highland Road Park Observatory at 768-9948.
LSU VS AUBURN
LSU plays away this weekend against Auburn. This year marks the 20th anniversary since the "earthquake game" in which LSU came from behind to beat Auburn with 1 minute, 47 seconds left in the game. The crowd's reaction registered as an earthquake on the seismograph in the LSU Geoscience Building. Still 20 years later the rivalry is just as strong... Read more about the "Earthquake Game" at LSU Sports Net. Don't miss the game on ESPN at 6:45 PM this Saturday, September 20!
Whatever you decide to do this weekend, Have Fun and Be Safe!
Interest rates are the lowest we've seen in 5 months, starting at around 5.5% today!
What caused this? The takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by the Feds; the two mortgage firms will now be overseen by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The government will only temporarily control these firms until they "are on a stronger footing". President Bush says of the takeover, "Americans should be confident that the actions taken today will strengthen our ability to weather the housing correction and are critical to returning the economy to stronger sustained growth in the future." Read the article "U.S. Seizes Fannie and Freddie" by David Ellis at CNN Money for more.
What does this mean for Buyers? "Sunday's Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will likely translate into lower mortgage rates and greater availability of credit, experts said. Rates should drop by 1 percentage point from the stubbornly-high 6.39% for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage", says Tami Luhby, author of "What Rescue Means for Mortgage Rates".
"This could be good for would-be homeowners," said Tom LaMalfa, managing director, Wholesale Access, a research and consulting firm. "It would reduce the cost of financing at the new and improved Fannie and Freddie." Tight Standards and for borrowers with weaker credit histories will remain.
Baton Rouge Real Estate is not slowing down! In fact, Baton Rouge was recently named one of the 10 fastest growing real estate markets in the nation by Money Magazine. With these low mortgage rates, now is the time to buy!
Toni House
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