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Nov. 20, 2023

Commission Accomplished: In a tie, Bayou St. John home, Old Metairie teardown both sell for $1.55M

These homes represent the top sales for the week of October 29-November 4

Address: 5724 Bancroft Drive, New Orleans, 70122
Sales price: $1.55 million
List price: $1,595,000
Date sold: Oct. 30
Days On Market: 79
Listing agent: The GiGi Burk Group,  ...

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Oct. 27, 2023

New Orleans area real estate market continues to hold steady, goes ‘toe to toe’ with high interest rates, insurance

The September New Orleans metro home real estate numbers are in, and the local market continues to “go toe to toe in a 12-round fight with two of the biggest fighters in the industry – highest interest rates in 20 years, combined with the highest insurance prices and deductibles seen ...

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Oct. 4, 2023

Greater New Orleans average home sales price remains steady at $318,000

Despite all the curveballs thrown at the New Orleans metro area housing market – soaring homeowners insurance and flood insurance quotes, higher interest rates, and a growing inflation problem – the average home sales price has remained consistently steady.

The average home sales price is $318,104, down 0.6 ...

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Sept. 14, 2023

Commission Accomplished: Former Pelicans player Anthony Davis’ home nets $1.77M

One of the “coolest” sales of Michael Styles’ career as a realtor had a bit of a full-circle feeling.

The Metairie Club Estates home of former New Orleans Pelican and current Los Angeles Lakers’ superstar Anthony Davis – 9 Forrest Court – sold on Sept. 1 for $1.77 million ...

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Sept. 6, 2023

Mirambell Realty Welcomes Brianna Maillet To The Team!

Mirambell Realty is excited to announce Brianna Maillet has joined the MBell Family! We are excited for the experience you bring to our office and look forward to the growth as part of our team.

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Aug. 22, 2023

Report: New Orleans metro home prices hold steady, number of closed sales down

The average home sales price in the New Orleans metro area is holding steady – “a testament there is no bubble and homeowners are still seeing equity increases in their homes,” says Craig Mirambell, president/broker of Mirambell Realty, and incoming board president of the New Orleans Metropolitan Association ...

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Aug. 9, 2023

Welcome to the MBell Team, Gary Quaintance!

The Mirambell Realty family continues to grow! We are thrilled to welcome to the office, Gary Quaintance!

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May 22, 2023

Future of insurance market in Louisiana hinges on quiet hurricane season

Photo courtesy DepositPhotos

 

Many things happen when a named tropical system enters the Gulf of Mexico during hurricane season. Evacuation plans are drafted, city and state officials are placed on alert, and crucially, insurance companies stop writing new policies until the storm has dissipated.

The reasoning behind the temporary ...

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Feb. 24, 2023

New Orleans housing market cools after two years of frenzy; here's whats causing the changes

 

Roxana Campos stands in her dining room on Thursday, February 2, 2023 where most of her belongings are packed in boxes awaiting the moving truck that will take her and her husband to Florida. She has been trying to sell her Metairie home. (Photo by Chris Granger| The Times-Picayune ...

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Oct. 17, 2022

Realtors: Local housing market ‘strangest I’ve ever seen’

The current state of the New Orleans-area residential real estate market isn’t a typical one, according to local realtors, but it can still be viable for sellers.

 

The most recent numbers from the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors show new listings in August were up nearly 8% from ...

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