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

    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,

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  • Bayou St. John Is New Orleans' Other Waterfront (And It Has Better Porches),Richard Hébert

    Bayou St. John Is New Orleans' Other Waterfront (And It Has Better Porches)

    When people picture "waterfront" in New Orleans, they usually mean Lakeview or Lake Vista, the two neighborhoods that actually front Lake Pontchartrain. Lakeview rebuilt after the 17th Street Canal levee breach in 2005 into a neighborhood of larger, more upscale homes than what stood there before. L

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  • Stories That Linger: The Myths, Monsters, and Tales of New Orleans,Richard Hébert

    Stories That Linger: The Myths, Monsters, and Tales of New Orleans

    New Orleans is a city built on stories. Some are true. Some may be truer in feeling than in fact. But they're all pretty magical. Something I love most about my work is getting to explore homes that are 100-200+ years old. I always imagine the occupants before, how the home may have looked, and what

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The Cinematic Masterpiece You Can Call Home
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Fall for the House, But Get the Insurance Quote First
Portugal Is Calling: Why More Homebuyers Are Making the Move
Portugal Is Calling: Why More Homebuyers Are Making the Move
New Orleans Elevation Certificate: What It Really Means for Your Flood Insurance and Your Sale
New Orleans Elevation Certificate: What It Really Means for Your Flood Insurance and Your Sale
Lower Garden District, Where the Greek Revival Mansions Face a Public Park and Nobody Rushes to Explain the Difference From the Garden District
Lower Garden District, Where the Greek Revival Mansions Face a Public Park and Nobody Rushes to Explain the Difference From the Garden District
Lake Vista, the New Orleans Neighborhood That Traded Wrought Iron for Walls of Glass
Lake Vista, the New Orleans Neighborhood That Traded Wrought Iron for Walls of Glass
Why Your New Orleans Property Tax Bill Won't Look Like Your Old One (And That's Good News)
Why Your New Orleans Property Tax Bill Won't Look Like Your Old One (And That's Good News)
The House With a Hump Out Back: Uptown's Camelback Comeback
The House With a Hump Out Back: Uptown's Camelback Comeback
Garden District Homes for Sale: What $1M–$1.5M Actually Buys You in New Orleans
Garden District Homes for Sale: What $1M–$1.5M Actually Buys You in New Orleans
Bayou St. John Is New Orleans' Other Waterfront (And It Has Better Porches)
Bayou St. John Is New Orleans' Other Waterfront (And It Has Better Porches)