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The Center Square
Shreveport weighs tax lien updates to boost sales of blighted properties
(The Center Square) – Shreveport is considering amending its code to make real estate seized for unpaid property taxes more appealing to buyers and, in turn, easier to sell. “I think that the whole goal would be to make these marketable pieces of property that investors could come in – say in Allendale or Queensborough – and buy large tracts of land, and be able to have the title where a bank would be willing to loan the money,” said City Council member Grayson Boucher on Monday during an administrative meeting. “So as long as we're moving towards that, I think it's a good thing.” The new ordinance would allow the city’s “adjudicated property charges” to be transferred into tax lien certificates and authorize donations of those certificates to redevelopment authorities. Unpaid property taxes are typically the “charges” attached to a property that’s been taken over by a municipality. It provides more flexibility and tools to deal with tax-delinquent homes and land. The council will vote on final approval at its regular meeting this week. The Shreveport Implementation and Redevelopment Authority is the city’s special redevelopment entity used to manage adjudicated and blighted or abandoned properties. Many of the city’s
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Study finds more than half of Shreveport-Bossier renters are cost-burdened
SHREVEPORT, La. — More than half of all renter households in the Shreveport-Bossier area are considered cost-burdened, according to a statewide study by the Center for Business and Economic Research at LSU Shreveport. The Shreveport-Bossier area, which includes the parishes of Caddo, Bossier, DeSoto and Webster, has 51.3% of...
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First Cup with First News: The Parade of Homes
SHREVEPORT, La. - The Parade of Homes features some of the most beautiful,. new-construction homes in the ArkLaTex. The Parade of Homes takes place Saturday and Sunday and again on April 18-19. This year, you will have the opportunity to visit 20 homes, and get an up-close look at the...
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Caddo retains lead with highest property tax in state as home values dip nationwide
Shreveport and Caddo Parish residents pay the highest effective property tax rate in the state according to a just-released set of data from ATTOM, a property data and AI analytics site. To make the comparison an apples to apples one, the average annual property tax (effective tax rate) has been...
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Two Bossier subdivision projects up for public hearings. One is near Amazon's data center site.
Two big Bossier subdivisions will be up for key approvals next month, including one near the Amazon data center planned to be built north of Benton. Folks who have driven near Airline Drive and Kingston Road in Benton will be familiar with the signage for The Parc subdivision, a mixed-use development with 286 single-family homes and a commercial strip planned for the site's 125 acres.
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Estate sales surge as demand grows for vintage finds
SHREVEPORT, La. -- A recent article in Business Insider suggests the U.S. is entering a “golden age” of estate sales — and the numbers back it up. More than 1.2 million estate sales take place nationwide each year, a figure expected to rise as baby boomers downsize, relocate, or pass on.
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Shreveport faces shortage of affordable housing, new report shows
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A new report from the National Low Income Coalition and Housing Louisiana reveals a nationwide shortage of 7 million affordable rental units. In Louisiana, there are only 42 affordable rental homes available for every 100 households, according to the report. Shreveport’s local deficit. Shreveport’s affordable...
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New townhome subdivision opens as Bossier Parish grows
BOSSIER CITY, La. — Bossier Parish continues to grow at a rapid pace, and today marks the grand opening of one of the newest housing developments in North Louisiana. One of the newest subdivisions in Bossier City is called Willow Brook. Developers say it represents a $9.5 million investment in the community, bringing dozens of new townhomes to the area.
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New townhome subdivision opens as Bossier Parish grows
BOSSIER CITY, La. — Bossier Parish continues to grow at a rapid pace, and today marks the grand opening of one of the newest housing developments in North Louisiana. One of the newest subdivisions in Bossier City is called Willow Brook. Developers say it represents a $9.5 million investment in the community, bringing dozens of new townhomes to the area.
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Slow-moving hotel construction behind Shreveport Whole Foods nearly complete. Here’s when.
When a reader asked what was going on at a hotel construction site behind the Whole Foods Marketplace at 6970 Fern Loop in Shreveport, he had the same concerns as those expressed by others- that work was moving very slowly and was being done by just a handful of employees.
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Robertson Produce tries to make historic Shreveport property work, back to Plan A
In January 2025, Robertson Produce was “near turning dirt” on a newly purchased 12-acre property at 1559 Airport Dr. across from the Downtown Airport. Produce Manager Tommy Coward said the company was bursting at the seams at their 18,000 square foot home at 232 Island Drive and needed the expansive new space to continue to grow. He predicted the new 30,000-square-foot facility would be up and running by the end of the year.
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Minden apartment manager accused of diverting rent payments
MINDEN, La. -- A manager of a local apartment complex is facing three felony charges for allegedly diverting rent payments from tenants to her personal bank account. Haley Brooke Emory, 44, was arrested Monday on charges of felony theft, forgery and obstruction of justice after Minden police officers investigated complaints of rent payment irregularities from residents of Hillside Apartments.
The Daily Overview
50 Cent quietly becomes a Louisiana land baron with overlooked US real estate
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has spent the past two years quietly assembling one of the most ambitious entertainment real estate plays in the country, and he is doing it not in Atlanta or Los Angeles but in Shreveport, Louisiana. What began as a handful of opportunistic buys has evolved into a sprawling portfolio of historic...
The Daily Overview
How 50 Cent built a Louisiana property empire in ignored markets
In a corner of the Deep South that national investors often skip, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has quietly assembled one of the most aggressive celebrity real estate plays in the country. Instead of chasing luxury towers in coastal hubs, he is buying vacant lots, historic facades and tired civic buildings in a mid‑sized Louisiana city...