Jonathan Dupree*'s Blog

The details seem stubbornly worrisome. Mortgage requirements have grown stricter. The Federal Reserve may or may not turn off the cheap money spigot—and if anything causes the stock market to sputter, it’s uncertainty. Occasional bits of good news in the labor picture can’t overcome the fact tha...

You don’t have to tell anyone who is self-employed that there are extra costs that go with the benefits. In addition to the long hours and weight of responsibility that come with the job description, getting a home loan has always added special challenges. Now that we are into the new Dodd-Frank ...

You know we love to spend time in the kitchen down here in Louisiana.  We are proud of our cajun cooking.  Keeping your Baton Rouge kitchen looking up-to-date doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. Contemporary home design in Greater Baton Rouge is all about knowing what the latest trends ar...

As you begin any search for a new home in Baton Rouge, it’s worthwhile to take a step back — to take a momentary time-out to consider widening the range of possibilities.  For many families, the kind of home they are looking for is a foregone conclusion. Either they want a customized house in a ...

Right now, mortgage rates in Baton Rouge (as in the rest of the nation) are higher than they’ve been for 15 months—a trend that’s likely to continue. We have to wonder about the impact higher Baton Rougemortgage rates will have on local home sales in the coming year. First, some perspective. If m...

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