Lower Garden District, Where the Greek Revival Mansions Face a Public Park and Nobody Rushes to Explain the Difference From the Garden District

Two Names, One Confused Buyer   Every few weeks a client tells me they're looking at the Garden District, and when I ask a follow-up question or two, it turns out the listing they've been staring at is actually a few blocks south, in the Lower Garden District. It's an easy mix-up. The names are near

Lake Vista, the New Orleans Neighborhood That Traded Wrought Iron for Walls of Glass

Picture the New Orleans a relocating buyer has already built in their head before they ever board a plane: iron lace balconies dripping over a French Quarter balcony, shotgun doubles in candy-box colors, a camelback addition stacked like an afterthought against the sky. It is a real city, and a love

The House With a Hump Out Back: Uptown's Camelback Comeback

A buyer touring a modest shotgun-front listing on a quiet Uptown side street recently had the kind of moment agents live for. From the sidewalk, the house read as a classic New Orleans single: narrow, gable-front, one story, unassuming. But walking the center hall toward the back, the ceiling sudden

Garden District Homes for Sale: What $1M–$1.5M Actually Buys You in New Orleans

You sold your 1,100-square-foot condo in Seattle for $1.5 million and you're bracing yourself for what a similar budget buys in New Orleans. A shoebox with a view, maybe. A townhouse with no parking. What you did not expect was a call from your agent describing a Greek Revival home on a double lot,