Why Your New Orleans Property Tax Bill Won't Look Like Your Old One (And That's Good News)

Somewhere between the inspection contingency and the closing disclosure, most relocating buyers pull up the estimated property tax line for their new New Orleans home and do a visible double take. If you're coming from Westchester County, Cook County, or King County, you've spent years budgeting aro

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,

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