With low supply, high prices and rising interest rates continuing to haunt the housing market, would-be homebuyers are increasingly looking at newly constructed homes, CNBC reports. Newly constructed homes often come with incentives from builders and developers and are more available than previously owned ones. About 693,000 new single-family houses were sold in March, up
Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6 in March and are up 22 from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from its 9.1 peak in the middle of that year.
Commercial sales transactions in East Baton Rouge Parish have declined 3.17, with the 12-month trailing volume totaling $591.5 million last month. Overall sales also saw a 4.10 decrease in deal velocity, according to the latest data compiled by Elifin Realty. Here is a look at how each sector performed in March, according to the data:
The battle to incorporate the City of St. George is finally over. The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday afternoon ruled that the lower courts made an error by denying incorporation of St. George and rendered judgment in favor of incorporation for the new city, which will be the fifth-largest in the state. Mayor Sharon Weston
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