Entries by Jennifer Graves

Mid City Bayou Boogaloo Festival, May 18, 2024

This year there will be water tickets at the festival at Bayou St. John. Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo New Orleans, LA  May 18, 2024 Tickets:  $15 – $199+ Click Here For Music Line Up  Click Here for More Information.  

New Home Sales Flat in February Due to Slight Rise in Mortgage Rates

A slight increase in mortgage rates in February led to a stagnant reading for new home sales. Sales of newly built, single-family homes in February edged 0.3% lower to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 662,000, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Despite […]

Key Tips for Navigating the Home Buying Process

Between a fluctuating housing market and sky-high mortgage rates, today’s homebuyers face a tricky landscape. KeyBank’s 2024 Financial Mobility Survey highlights three main concerns for recent and prospective homebuyers: inflation (40%), market competition (36%), and interest rates/mortgage rates (34%). Surprisingly, only 37% of respondents are proactively creating a budget and financial plan for their home […]

Agile Cold Storage to Build $46 Million Facility in Pearl River, Creating 100 Jobs

A storage and logistics company, Agile Cold Storage, is set to build a $46 million, 150,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Pearl River. This development will create 100 new jobs and aligns with St. Tammany Parish’s economic development strategy of attracting logistics and distribution companies, economic development officials announced on Tuesday. Agile Cold Storage, which serves […]

2024 Decor Trends For Bedrooms

Over the past few years, the way we use our homes—including our bedrooms—has changed drastically. But what about how we decorate—have our tastes for bedroom decor trends shifted too? The pandemic-fueled fervor to adapt these (and countless other) spaces to new ways of living led to an explosion of both DIY and designer-led makeovers and […]