ABOUT RICHARD
Richard W. Hébert, New Orleans Luxury Real Estate Advisor
Richard W. Hébert is a luxury real estate advisor with Crescent Sotheby's International Realty, located on historic Julia Street in New Orleans. He works with clients across Greater New Orleans' most storied neighborhoods, including Uptown, Garden District, Lower Garden District, Bayou St. John, and Mid-City, bringing a deep knowledge of the city's and the region's architecture and history to every transaction.
Richard has been recognized for five consecutive years as a Top Real Estate Professional by New Orleans Magazine and voted 'Best in Real Estate' by New Orleans Homes Magazine. However, the number he cares about most is how many past clients trust him first for advice, referrals, or help finding their next residence.
Richard often works alongside families navigating legacy properties, providing truly white-glove service. He understands the weight those sales and purchases carry, bringing the same care to a century-old Uptown property as he does to a first-time buyer's search.
For both buyers and sellers, Richard brings a wider lens to the process than most. He digs into a property's history, researches the provenance of a home and its neighborhood, and pays attention to the art, architecture, culture, and lifestyle surrounding a listing, not just its square footage. Whether he's helping a seller tell the full story of a home as it goes to market or helping a buyer understand the lifestyle of a neighborhood, that context shapes how he prices, markets, and matches people to places.
Richard works with strategic and joyful precision, and he remains equally invested in the relationship long after closing.
He lives in the Bayou St. John neighborhood with his rescue dog, Pancake, and is always glad to discuss real estate, architecture, or life in New Orleans.
Sharing New Orleans' Story, One Home at a Time.
5 Stars
Perfect rating from every client review
8 Years
Advising buyers and sellers in New Orleans
100+
Homes sold, and hundreds of families helped
5 Years Running
Top Real Estate Professional, New Orleans Magazine
FROM RICHARD
A Letter Before We Begin
Hello, and welcome,
If you are reading this, you are probably standing at the edge of something big: a first home, the house where your children grew up, a move to New Orleans, or a family property you are not sure what to do with yet. Whatever brought you here, I am glad you came.
I grew up in my family's event design business, where I learned that details are how people know you care. After college, I worked as an assistant to high-profile clients, and that is where I learned discretion. Many of the people I work with today value their privacy just as much, whether they are public figures, executives, or simply people who would rather their move not become neighborhood news. Your plans, your finances, and your home stay confidential with me, and every conversation stays between us until you decide otherwise.
My business has been built almost entirely on referrals and community. Past clients call me years later, and they send their parents, their neighbors, and their oldest friends my way, usually with some version of "You should talk to Richard." I never take that lightly. It means someone trusted me with the people they love, and I will bring that same care to you and your family.
I will learn your home, or the one you are hoping for, the way I know my own block: its history, its light, and the story it has to tell. I will walk you through every step before it happens, so nothing arrives as a surprise. And if your house did not sell the first time, I would love to take a look. Taking on a listing that stalled and getting it sold is some of the work I am proudest of.
When the keys change hands, I am not going anywhere. I will still be the person you call for a trusted contractor, a dinner recommendation, or advice on whatever comes next. That is what community means to me, and it is the reason I love this work.
Thank you for considering me. It would be an honor to help you write your next chapter in New Orleans.
With gratitude,
Richard W. Hébert
A few things I believe about houses
And a few you can hold me to.
A house should be understood before it is represented.
Most listings ask a buyer to decide from eleven photographs taken at noon. I would rather show a house at the hour it is actually good, say what it was built for and what has happened to it since, and let somebody make informed decisions with the real information in front of them.
Every house gets the same production.
Film, editorial stills, 3D, aerial, and copy that a person wrote, at every price. I have never been able to explain to myself why a double in Mid-City deserves less care than a house on Prytania, so I stopped trying to.
You will hear the unwelcome thing early.
If the price is wrong, if the kitchen is the problem, if the neighborhood you have fallen for does not fit the way you actually live, I would rather say it in week one than let the market say it in week ten. Discretion is not the same as agreement, and I learned the difference working for people who needed both.
In the Press
In September 2026, KeyCrew interviewed me for its feature New Orleans Is a Canary Market for National Real Estate Trends, on why our city feels insurance, rate and climate pressures before the rest of the country, and what that means for the people buying and selling here.
What clients say
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Luxury Real Estate Advisor License ID: 995701126+1(504) 617-5184 richard@richardhebertrealtor.com617 Julia St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
https://RichardHebertRealtor.com
Let’s start with a conversation, not a contract.