Located in wonderful Kensington Estates, 1601 Notting Hill Drive is a beautiful four bedroom home graced with southern charm.  This home has it all, including a gourmet kitchen with state-of-the-art appliances as well as granite countertops. Lavish landscaping and a New Orleans style courtyard top off this lovely Baton Rouge home.

Kensington Estates is a lovely place to look for Real Estate in Baton Rouge and Glenda Daughety is definitely the realtor to work with. Baton Rouge is in the top forty for growing cities in our country. For knowledge and experience in the Baton Rouge real estate market contact Glenda Daughety today.

East Baton Rouge Parish has a new sheriff in town. Sid Gautreaux has been acclimating to his elected position as head of law enforcement for the parish. And one of his main concerns is improving the prison located on Baton Rouge real estate. He points out that it is outdated, and needs expansion as well. Additionally, Gautreaux wants a committee to help him identify problems in East Baton Rouge Parish that fall under his jurisdiction. Southeast News reports:

The article also points out that Gautreaux plans to form an internal team to address problems in the department.

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This year’s Louisiana sugar cane crop was rather large, and there are increasing amounts of success with the new varieties of sugar cane. The LSU Agricultural Center keeps tabs on the Louisiana sugar cane crop, and points out that new varieties are likely to continue to be in use, reports the Advocate:

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Baton Rouge subprime loans are going to be affected by new Fed rules designed to reduce the amount of future foreclosures. One of the
biggest helps to those looking to buy a Baton Rouge home will be the
new rule on prepayment penalties.

In addition to making sure that borrowers can make payments on subprime loans after the mortgage rate resets, lenders are also limited on the prepayment penatlies they can charge. This means that if you get Baton Rouge real estate with a subprime loan, but you want to refinance to a better loan later, the new prepayment penalties rules may help you avoid some of the high costs involved.

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There are many great programs out there that can help Baton Rouge first time homebuyers make a purchase. One of those has always been the FHA home loan program. And now, with new FHA home loan rules, it is possible for this program to help even more.

For more on the FHA home loan program and other mortgage programs available when you buy a Baton Rouge home, contact Glenda Daughety.

Amenities and location combine to make this Baton Rouge home a great real estate value. Not only is this Baton Rouge home located near shopping, library, schools and medical facilities, it also provides access to the amenities of a clubhouse community. Lake, pool, tennis courts and ground maintenance is available when you buy this Baton Rouge home.

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In Baton Rouge, the mortgage trends follow, to a certain extent, the national trends. Therefore, the fact that nationwide there is an increase in single women homebuyers means that the same is likely true in Baton Rouge community real estate.

Additionally, NAR says that single women homebuyers have increased to 22 percent, the only demographic where mortgage trends are going up, as single men remain steady (nine percent) and married homeowners drop from 70 percent to 60 percent.

For more on Baton Rouge mortgage trends and real estate, contact Glenda Daughety.

Last week a rally in Jena caught the attention of the nation as civil rights leaders, musical artists and celebrities gathered to protest what was perceived as injustice in trying Mychal Bell, a member of the Jena 6, as an adult. Even though that conviction was overturned, there was some question of an appeal. However, Governor Blanco announced that she asked that there be no appeal, and that Bell be tried as a juvenile. The Advocate reports on the Mychal Bell announcement:

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One of the biggest stories in Louisiana right now took place this morning in a small town. The town of Jena is seeing an influx of people who came for a demonstration this morning, protesting battery charges against six black teens. They retaliated against a white teen for a noose that had been hung in a tree. The white teens were not charged with any crime. The Reverend Al Sharpton helped organize the demonstration, and The Advocate reports on his words:

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