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Baton Rouge ranks high in best cities for jobs list
4 Louisiana cities ranked in the top 30 in Forbes magazine list among the 30 best places in the US for employment. Baton Rouge finished 27th, while 3 other cities ranked slightly higher. The report was based on data from the Bureau of Labor. Also interesting to note was that Baton Rouge education related jobs was up 21%!
It appears many college cities topped the list. I for one am thankful to be in Baton Rouge during this time of economic turmoil.
Tim Houk
Baton Rouge sales trends for 2008
I attended the Trends seminar in Baton Rouge this morning and will be reporting the results throughout the next few weeks. What I find most interesting is the state of East Baton Rouge parish. Overall home sales fell from 5547 to 4,299 units in 2008. Here is the kicker: home prices actually rose almost 6% from 204,532 to 216, 757! How great is that! I will be examining other aspects of the report and other parishes so stay tuned for updates!
Tim Houk
Keller Williams Redstick Partners
Louisiana 5th happiest place in the country
Very intersting article in the Business Report this morning states that Baton Rouge, well, Louisiana is the 5th happiest place in the country currently. They take into account the amount of foreclosures, employment, and other factors. Its great to live here! Read the Happiness Report
Tim Houk
Mortgage rates for 4/7/2009
We saw a drop in mortgage rates this morning. Turn times for new loans are also getting much quicker then they have been. Hopefully, we will see them ease up a little bit!
Conventional 95% 30 yr. Fixed….. 4.75%
15 yr. Fixed…………………………. 4.5%
FHA 96.5% 30 yr Fixed…………….. 4.75%
15 yr. Fixed………………………….. 4.5%
Rural Development 100% 30yr fixed….5.25%
****all rates include 1 pt org. and assume 740+ credit, on a 15day lock*****
If you are interested in getting pre-approved, call or email me immediately!
Tim Houk
Keller Williams Redstick Partners
Baton Rouge Realtor
225.301.7467
Keller Williams Baton Rouge office number one office in Baton Rouge!
Yaaaaay! For the second month in a row, Keller Williams Redstick Partners is the number one real estate office in Baton Rouge! This just goes to show great training, motivation, and hard work pay off when things are slow. There may be a recession going on, but there is definitely real estate out there to be bought and sold. Not to mention some great deals are hitting the market every day. Feel free to use my new search funtion at beautiful baton rouge homes site to do your search!
Tim Houk
Keller Williams Redstick Partners
New Baton Rouge investment property blog on Active Rain
If you are interested in working with a Baton Rouge area Realtor in investment property, I just posted a blog on active rain about some properties in our area. I would regurgitate it here but its much easier to go read it there 
There are some good deals on foreclosure properties. Contact me with questions!
Tim Houk
tim@timhouk.com
225.301.7467
Buyers becoming more successful finding homes through the internet
RIS media is reporting the rates on which buyers are finding their home online. Typically, the buyer finds the home and then contacts a real estate agent. This is interesting on 2 fronts. One is that realtors need to actively market their properties not just on the local listing service. They need to be online in as MANY places as possible. Secondly, that homeowners need to have the home IMMACULATE before putting it on the market. The realtor, or even if it is FSBO, will be putting pictures online. This is the FIRST image that buyers will see in most cases these days. They should be clean, clutter free, and make the home look like it just came out of a home improvement magazine! Read more on the article at www.beautifulbatonrougehomes.com
Tim Houk
Social networks for entrepreneurs in Baton Rouge
Good Morning all! I have been doing quite a bit of research and spending time on social networking sites such as active rain, twitter, and so on. I wanted to step out of the box a little and find some new ones that you may build a niche in before they got TOO big. Here is a list of 10 that are making waves:
1. Entrepreneur Connect – Started by Entrepreneur magazine this one is specifically for entrepreneurs and small business owners. You can use this to connect to vendors and service providers.
2. Partner up – This is a social network for entrepreneurs who are searching for people with business opportunities. There is a lean towards commercial real estate on this one, but it is much more.
3. Start up nation – really creative and a bit more user friendly. Lots of forums, blogs, and podcasts.
4. LinkedIn – Can’t leave this one off any list. Large following and can be used to find a job, build a network, or brand yourself.
5. Biznik – Brands itself as the “social network that doesn’t suck” ahha. Good place to share ideas
And to finish out the list
6. Perfect Business – This one will be one to watch
8. Cofoundr
9. TheFunded
I look forward to seeing you in one of these soon!
Tim Houk
Baton Rouge Realtor
Open House this sunday in Lexington Estates! 3284 Grand Way, Baton Rouge
Custom designed by Mark Mathews, AIA, Architect.
Enter this New Orleans style home to brick arches and
antique pine beams, antique pine floors, and custom
McArthur fireplace. Granite in all baths and kitchen,
even in utility room! Kitchen has gourmet stainless
appliances including Thermador range, pot filler, and
cypress cabinets. Large keeping room has a fireplace
and the entire area has slate floors. There is a home
office center just off of kitchen. Very functional triple
split floorplan. Master bedroom has antique pine floors
with adjoining luxurious bathroom with multi-head
custom shower and Jacuzzi tub. There is a huge “bonus
room” above the garage large enough for a pool table
or media room. There is a “mud’ area by back door,
with storage for everyone’s daily baggage. Home is
pre-piped for central vacuum system and has Control4
Smart Home System with audio zones, lighting and air
conditioning controls through remote or touch pad.
