16505 Jefferson Oaks Dr, Prairieville, 225.234.0022

Gorgeous home in highly desirable school district! This would make the PERFECT family home. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with office/nursery. Wood flooring throughout living area, tile in kitchen and bathrooms, and carpet in 2 bedrooms. Tray ceiling in master. Master bathroom offers his/her vanities, stand-up shower, spacious bathtub and a walk-in closet. Large shed/workshop. Gated. Playground/playhouse can remain if buyer chooses. The spacious backyard is great for entertainment or family living. This one will go fast! Priced to sell!

Livingston, Ascension housing stock among fastest growing in U.S.

From the Baton Rouge Business Report:
In what appears to be further evidence of Livingston and Ascension parishes' continued population increases, each has landed on a top 100 list of U.S. counties and parishes with the greatest housing gains between April 2010 and July 2011. Among parishes or counties with at least 5,000 housing units, Livingston Parish has the 37th fastest-growing housing stock in the United States, and Ascension Parish the 69th fastest-growing, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Two other Louisiana parishes also made the top 100 list for housing growth, as measured between April 2010 and July 2011: Orleans Parish at 77th and Bossier Parish at 91st. Livingston's housing stock grew by 2.8% over the 16-month span in the Census Bureau report, from roughly 50,195 units to 51,607. Ascension's stock grew by 2.3%, from 40,757 to 41,702. The county with the fastest-growing housing stock is Long County, Ga., located about 60 miles southwest of Savannah. Though Long County added just 382 units, it represents a 6.3% increase as the county had just 6,030 units in April 2010. Across Louisiana, the Census Bureau reports, the number of housing units grew by 0.6% between April 2010 and July 2011, to just shy of 2 million. You can access the complete top 100 list and more details from the report here.

Home sales in Baton Rouge up 21% in April

From the Baton Rouge Business Report With 616 sales recorded as of this morning, 20.8% more homes were sold in April across the eight-parish region tracked by the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors compared to the same month a year ago, GBRAR reports. Last April, a total of 510 home sales were recorded. East Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston and the five other parishes lumped into GBRAR's "other" statistical category—West Baton Rouge, Iberville, East Feliciana, West Feliciana and Pointe Coupee parishes—all posted year-over-year sales increases. The average sales price, however, continued a downward year-over-year trend in April, decreasing about 4.3% to $188,441, compared to $196,877 in April 2011. Nonetheless, the increase in overall sales pushed total volume up 15.5% to $409.9 million on the month. A strong April builds on first-quarter figures in 2012 that were the best since 2008. Year-to-date, total sales now stand at 2,213, up 18.2% over the 1,873 sales recorded through April last year. For historical comparison, 2,128 homes were sold through April in 2010, while 2,003 were sold over the four-month period in 2009 and 2,535 in the same period of 2008. You can check out the complete sales report from GBRAR here.