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Three Rivers Art Festival Huge Success in St. Tammany

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After narrowing down the field of prospective participating artists for the Three Rivers Art Festival from 400 to 200, 3 judges spent countless hours evaluating and viewing with unbiased eye the artwork of these 200 talented artists that were part of the festival on November 14th and 15th.  Judges were Cindy Pulling, executive director of the St. Tammany Art Association, STAA board member Jessica Danby, and STAA Advisory Council member Sarah Sparkman-Boyd.

“The goal is that all the artists feel heard and seen,” said Peggy Schoen Des Jardins, the festival’s coordinator for jurying and judging.

The first day of the Three Rivers Art Festival was spent visiting each artist to go over the presentation of their booth Three Rivers Art Festivalsetup and then to judge their artwork for its creativity, craftsmanship, and concept, and how the artist “tied it all together.”  The 2nd day of the festival, the judges were tied up themselves using a computer program to assign a score to each artist.  Artists were scored on a scale of 1 to 10 for multiple categories.

Winners included artists from all genres from jewelry making, to sculpting, to metalwork, to painting.  There were 5 main awards including the Best of Show and City of Covington Awards.  The Best of Show Award went to Susan Elnora of Minneapolis, MN, who presented her jewelry and metalsmith skills.  The City of Covington Award went to Katie Burckel, a sculptor who constructs sculptures using different items that have been discarded or donated to thrift stores.  Ethan Lillemoe of Norcross, Ga., won the Three Rivers Award for his unique sculpture. Jessica Stoddart Ladd of Cookeville, Tenn., garnered the St. Tammany Award for her colorful paintings in distinct stainless steel frames, and James Bird won the Bogue Falaya Award for his colorful photography.

In addition to the main awards, there were 15 Awards of Distinction given out during the Three Rivers Art Festival. Artwork from students from the Center of Performing Arts were also displayed – approximately 400 pieces, and the St. Tammany Art Association’s gallery exhibitions as well as local galleries were also available for visitors to peruse.  For more information on the Three Rivers Art Festival, visit www.threeriversartfestival.com.

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Single-Family Home Construction Available on the Northshore

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New Urbanism is alive and well in the Greater New Orleans area with Mixed-Use Developments being built where previously housing projects had stood.  Many developers are tapping into the multi-family construction industry, building apartment housing in popular neighborhoods.  Single-family home construction is taking a backseat to these types of developments as well as multi-family condo and townhome construction also in the city of New 1-1009 Deer Park Drive ExteriorOrleans.  Because of this, people relocating to the New Orleans area as well as young people graduating from college and moving out are finding it harder and harder to find the traditional “first time home buyer home.”

Surprisingly, Millenials, according to the National Association of Home Builders, tend to want to live in single-family homes in the suburbs.  According to the NAHB’s survey, 75% want traditional new homes, and 66% prefer to live in the suburbs with only 10% choosing urban living, such as living in downtown New Orleans or the outlying areas.  While nationally this is a trend, the migration of Millenials may very well benefit the Northshore of the lake because in St. Tammany Parish, there are plenty of new homes for sale as well as lots for sale.

Since the Recession, home pricing has been somewhat unreliable, but now housing prices seem to have stabilized, so it is less difficult to acquire housing finance for new home buyers looking to buy their first, second, or even third 3-1009 Deer Park Drive Family Room-2home.  Another factor that may drive new home buyers to the north shore is the fact that inventory in popular, safe neighborhoods in New Orleans such as the Garden District, Bywater, Uptown, etc., is very scarce, prompting bidding wars among home buyers.  Young home buyers may get priced out of the market with competitive pricing being higher than normal.

Regardless of where the Millenials in the Greater New Orleans area choose to buy their new, single-family home, Bedico Creek Preserve is “ready” for any type of home buyer with 10 Neighborhoods from which to choose new homes for sale and lots for sale.  Lot pricing at Bedico Creek starts in the $40’s, and new home prices start in the $240’s.  If you are ready to view a lot for sale or new home for sale, Contact Bedico Creek at 985-845-4200 or E-mail Info@LiveBedico.com.

 

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Good News for the Single-Family Housing Market in New Orleans

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After the devastating blow of Hurricane Katrina, local residents were worried about the recovery and “return” of New Orleans.  Luckily there is good news to report about the recovery of the real estate market from the decade-old storm. The New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors reports home prices are up 46% since Hurricane Katrina, and the average price per-square-foot has jumped up 8.5% in the last six months in the community.  Many predicted that the price growth would slow down this year but that is just not the case.  The single-family housing market in New Orleans is seeing a significant increase in the price per square feet for new homes.

The single-family housing market in the New Orleans metro area has an average selling price of $121 per-square-foot which is an 18.6% increase since the storm. The average house sold for $339,743 in the city between January and June of this year. On the Northshore in St. Tammany Parish there has been a 10% increase since Katrina. The average home in the parish sold for $243,770 this year which calculates out to $113 per-square-foot.

The prediction for this year is to see about 2,800 homes for sale which is close to the 3,300 sales in 2005 before Katrina. Rick Haase, President of Latter & Blum Inc., had expressed concern that household members in New Orleans’ neighborhoods are still worried about affordability in the housing market.  Fortunately he believes this will not be an issue as the mortgage lending standards for credit 176 St. Calais Place Front Exteriorscores are beginning to slacken, making it easier for first time homebuyers to be able to purchase and finance a new or previously owned home.

“Rates are low, job creation is continuing to happen, consumer confidence is high and improving, and the Millennial marketplace, which represents a huge slice of the population in greater New Orleans, is now able to get financing even though they haven’t had a lot of time in life to build their credit scores,” Haase said.

In St. Tammany Parish, not only has the new, masterplanned community of Bedico Creek seen an increase in new home prices, but it has also seen a huge surge in home buying in the 10 available Neighborhoods for sale.  Many home buyers are also delving into the custom home market and are buying lots for sale and then hiring one of the qualified St. Tammany builders of Bedico Creek to build their new home.  If you are interested in acquiring a home in the Greater New Orleans area, Contac Bedico Creek at 985-845-4200 or E-mail Info@LiveBedico.com.

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Open House at Bedico Creek Preserve, September 6, 2015

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OPEN HOUSE THIS WEEKEND AT BEDICO CREEK PRESERVE!

COME OUT & VISIT
901 SUGAR PINE COURT,
MADISONVILLE, LA 70447

$539,900

Saturday, September 5, 2015
2:00PM – 5:00PM

Call 504-236-8587 or E-mail kellywaltemath@gmail.com For More Information!

 

 

Open House for Cypress Crossing Neighborhood

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MOVE-IN late JULY! A revised "Cardinal" floor plan by Hurley Ho

OPEN HOUSE
Cypress Crossing Neighborhood
Bedico Creek Preserve

Sunday, July 26, 2015
1:00PM – 4:00PM

1013 Cypress Crossing Drive
Madisonville, LA 70447

Visit This New Construction Home in St. Tammany Parish This Weekend!

More Homes Are Being Built to Supplement the Housing Inventory Shortage

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A shortage in homes and a strong job market in the Greater New Orleans area definitely strengthened the housing market, especially in new home construction and the advent of new subdivisions. Solid hiring in the job market, low mortgage rates and easier credit conditions have driven the demand for new home buyers to purchase a new home8-217-st-calais-place-backyard-view for sale. The Greater New Orleans area alone represents 20% of the new jobs that have been created this year in the state of Louisiana which has led to the strong home sales on both the north shore and the south shore.

West St. Tammany Parish has seen a decrease in housing inventory making the average sales price increase.  The housing market in general is leaning more towards a seller’s market because of the lack of supply of homes for sale.  This lack of inventory in homes priced from $190,000 – $300,000 is causing a bidding war pulling the average sales price for metro New Orleans up by 7.8% from $197,300 to $212,610. New Orleans has seen an increase from 21,954 homes sold annually in 2010 to 30,322 in 2014. Homeowners are starting to realize that this is the time to sell, and for home builders now is the time to build new homes for sale in St. Tammany Parish on the northshore.

On the flip side, home buyers will not have long to wait because more homes are being built which means the inventory problem will start to correct itself. According to Richard Haase, president of NAI/Latter & Blum, who 1-1036-cypress-crossing-drive-exterior-2reported at the UNO/Latter & Blum Economic Outlook & Real Estate Forecast Seminar for the Northshore Region, which was held at the Clarion Inn & Suites Conference Center in Covington, ”There’s a lot of pent-up demand,” he said, because tight lending standards have kept potential buyers out of the homebuying market, even as the economy recovered. ”For the next one or two years, I’m extremely optimistic about housing prices and housing affordability,” Haase said. ”We’re in a very healthy supply-and-demand market.”

Bedico Creek Preserve in Madisonville, Louisiana, offers new homes for sale that could plug the dearth of homes priced from $190,000 – $300,000.  Two neighborhoods being built in this master planned community in St. Tammany Parish offer new homes for sale from the $230’s – $300’s.  These two neighborhoods are called Cypress Crossing and Deer Park.  Also, if you purchase one of our lots for sale in the Garden / Courtyard section of this St. Tammany Parish subdivision, you can build a home starting from the $290’s.  For more information about our homes for sale, Contact Bedico Creek at 985-845-4200 or E-mail Info@LiveBedico.com.

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