The Second Price of a House
A $300,000 home may carry a $300,000 price tag, but a buyer financing that amount at 7% could pay more than $418,000 in interest over 30 years. That second price helps explain the growing divide between homeowners holding 3% mortgages and buyers trying to make today’s payments work.
Louisiana Opens $50M for Shovel-Ready Sites. Beauregard Got Nothing in Round One
Louisiana opened another $50 million FastSites round for industrial site development. Calcasieu landed two sites in Round I while Beauregard landed none.
Buying Land Near Fort Polk? The Restrictions Vernon Parish Buyers Need to Check First
Fort Polk's massive training footprint extends its influence beyond the installation boundary. Here's what Vernon Parish land buyers should investigate before purchasing acreage for development.
SpaceX Is Hiring a Louisiana Land Lawyer for Pecan Island — and the Job Description Reveals What Comes Next
SpaceX is hiring an on-site Louisiana attorney to handle purchases, leases, easements, rights-of-way, title work and infrastructure agreements as its $100 billion Starbase Louisiana project takes shape.
Industrial Growth Can Be Good for the Economy and Still Create a Housing Crisis
Southwest Louisiana’s industrial boom is creating thousands of jobs, but temporary workforce demand can also reshape the housing market, push up rents and home prices, and leave comparable sales distorted after construction ends.
The Government Won’t Buy Your Airbnb. The Tax Code Might Cover a Surprising Piece of It.
A short-term rental can sometimes generate a substantial first-year tax deduction without producing an equivalent cash loss. Here’s how material participation, average guest stays and accelerated depreciation can change the economics of an investment property.
Inside America’s $35 Trillion Housing Wealth Problem
America’s homeowners are sitting on trillions in housing wealth. But with mortgage rates near 7% and sellers increasingly outnumbering buyers, turning that equity into actual money is becoming a much harder proposition.
Orion Says Rural Solar Doesn't Hurt Property Values. LSU's Report Says Something Else.
Orion says rural solar doesn't hurt property values. An LSU review cited in the Persimmon debate says something different. We pulled the report, checked the studies underneath it and compared them with Orion's own research.
We Are Still Pricing Homes With Evidence From a Market That No Longer Exists
Comparable sales still matter, but mortgage rates near 7% have changed buyer purchasing power. Old sales need current-market context when pricing a home.
The Invisible MLS Lines Running Through Southwest Louisiana
Southwest Louisiana’s MLS boundaries overlap in ways most buyers never see. Here’s how SWLAR, GFPAR and ROAM shape the listings beneath a home search.
