Archives for May 2011

Chili’s Restaurants in Louisiana; Sponsor The Family of Lt. Douglas Wade Sharp; May 17th, 2011 11am through 11pm.

May 5, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Please download and print the attached flyer!

As you may or may not have heard, Lt. Wade Sharp with the Covington, LA Police Department brought his 8 year old daughter camping in a tent in Jackson, MS last week. She had been asking him to take her. This was, unfortunately, the night the bad weather came through. When he heard the loud cracking of a large tree breaking and falling toward them, he covered his daughter with his body to protect her as a 125-foot tree crashed down onto the tent causing a limb to strike him in the head, killing him. His daughter was unharmed because of her Dad's heroic efforts. He left behind 2 children.
Chili's Restaurant is sponsoring the family on Tuesday, May 17th from 11am to 11pm. You can eat at any Chili's in the state of (LA) Louisiana and provide thim with the attached flyer and they will donate 10% of the sales back to the family. To Go orders are also welcome.
Please keep this email forwarding to your email friends that live anywhere in the state of (LA) Louisiana.

Guy V. Jones

Integra Lending Group

Managing Owner

Direct: 985-206-0004

Cell: 985-789-4389, Fax: 985-206-0965

St Tammany Parish Foreclosure Sale, Scheduled June 8th, 2011

May 5, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Download St Tammany Parish Foreclosure Sale, June 8th, 2011

Attached above is a link to the latest Foreclosures / Distressed Properties list for St Tammany Parish. The Sheriff's sale for these properties is scheduled Wednesday June 8th, 2011 at 10:00 am on the first floor of the Justice Center located at 701 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433. This list is an Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format), and will require each user to view the document using the Free Adobe Reader. This program is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

If you have any questions regarding understanding this list or the availability of any of these properties, please do not hesitate to call or email and we will work with you to resolve any questions.

This list is provided as a free service.

Please consider Mauti Meredith Scoggin when selling or purchasing a property in our local market.

We service both Residential and Commercial Real Estate.

Thank You

Marc Pellettiere

Buying Real Estate is Good! Home Affordability at All Time High! Good Article.

May 4, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Download Buying Against the Grain_Real Estate

To me it is very simple. Now is an excellent time to buy a home! Interest rates are unbelievably low and home prices are extremely low. There is a tremendous inventory of distressed homes (short sales and pre-foreclosures) as well bank owned REO homes weighing the market down and therefore forcing lower home values. As the economy improves, (which I absolutely believe it will soon) theis abnormally high number of foreclosures and REOs we are experencing, will dwindle, and the current inventory of homes will, slowly at first, get scooped up by investors or purchased by first time home buyers. Hence… As these empty REO homes are filled, home values will begin to rise for the rest of the market. However, once home values rise, interest rates will rise right along side, almost like a 2 person side car on a motorcycle. Where one goes the other will follow…

Needless to say there is alot more to our current real estate market than my brief synapsis here, however, currently we are in a Buyer's Market and have been for several years… I believe the worm is beginning to turn though. Hope you enjoy.

Thank You

Marc marc@mmsre.com

Louisiana Land Title, Mandeville, LA; Real Estate Post-Closing Information

May 3, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Download Louisiana Land Title__After Closing Information

Attached is very good post-closing information; touching on property taxes, homestead exemption, flood insurance, and termites. 4 very important items to anyone purchasing a home in Southeast Louisiana. This is a short, informative read and worth the time. Provided by:

Louisiana Land Title

2828 East Causeway Approach

Mandeville, Louisiana 70448

Office: (985) 626-8518

Fax: (985) 626-8514

lalandtitle@bellsouth.net

Thank You

Marc

Covington, Abita Springs, and Folsom, LA Real Estate Review March 2011

May 2, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

This list covers the City of Covington, LA 70433 and 70435, as well the Cities of Abita Springs, LA 70420, and Folsom, LA 70437.

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42 homes for the month of March 2011. Hmmmm… Not sure why the drop from February. However just a small bump in the road. Let’s see how sales continue for the second quarter 2011 and then we can make better judgments.

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Download Covington, Abita Springs, Folsom, LA, Residential Home Sales, March 2011

The attached Adobe PDF document contains:

•Property Address

•Age of Property

•Condition of Property

•Square Footage

•# of Beds

•# of Baths

•Original List Price

•Final Sold Price

•Final Sold Price per Square Foot

•# Days on Market

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Thank You

Marc Pellettiere

marc@mmsre.com