New Orleans real estate, without the spin.

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

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