Louisiana statewide guides
Louisiana-specific guides on the 2026 tax lien auctions, the Property Disclosure Document, executory process foreclosure, successions, and the insurance squeeze. For guides that apply in any market, browse the full guide library.
Louisiana Property Tax Lien Auctions: The 2026 Rules
Tax sales became tax lien auctions on January 1, 2026: monthly interest, the 5% penalty, the rate step-down, the three-year clock, and selling first.
Louisiana Property Disclosure Requirements
The 2026 LREC Property Disclosure Document, the exemptions for successions and foreclosures, redhibition and what an as-is clause waives, and the 2027 vacant-property rule.
How to Stop Foreclosure in Louisiana
Executory process, the writ of seizure, the sheriff's sale, why there is no redemption afterward, and how a cash sale closes before the sale date.
Selling an Inherited House in Louisiana
Successions, the judgment of possession, forced heirs, the surviving spouse's usufruct, the new $200,000 small succession limit, and how heirs sell.
Selling a Louisiana House When Your Insurance Will Not Renew
The 5% nonrenewal rule, Citizens depopulation, Fortify roof grants, flood premiums under Risk Rating 2.0, why financed buyers walk, and how a cash sale works.
New Orleans
Orleans Parish market data, insurance, code liens, and your cash offer options
Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge market data, flood and insurance costs, and what they mean for sellers
Shreveport
Caddo and Bossier market data, the long selling window, and cash offer options
Lafayette
Lafayette Parish succession, the sheriff's tax lien sale, executory process, community property, flood zones, and 2026 market data
Lafayette Housing Market 2026: What Lafayette Parish Sellers Should Know
Lafayette prices, days on market, and sales by the numbers, the city-versus-suburb spread, the jobs and enrollment picture, and what it means for a seller.
Behind on Property Taxes in Lafayette? The Parish Sheriff's June Tax Lien Sale
The December 31 deadline, 1% a month plus 5%, the sheriff's online June sale, the three-year clock before suit, adjudicated parcels, and how to sell before then.
How to Stop Foreclosure in Lafayette: Executory Process and the Wednesday Sheriff's Sale
Louisiana executory process moves from a court order to a Wednesday sheriff's sale in as little as 60 days, with no redemption after. Your options, in order.
Selling an Inherited House in Lafayette: 15th JDC Succession Guide
The $200,000 small succession, when the affidavit moves a house, the judgment of possession, usufruct and naked owners, forced heirs, and how out-of-town heirs sell as-is.
Selling a House During Divorce in Lafayette: Community Property and the Equal-Value Split
Louisiana's one-half community interest, the 180- and 365-day waits, the R.S. 9:2801 partition, buyout versus sale, and a clean split without months of showings.
Selling a Lafayette House in a Flood Zone After Risk Rating 2.0
The 2018 flood maps, Risk Rating 2.0 premiums along the Vermilion River, the 5% nonrenewal cap, what a financed buyer's insurer asks, and how an as-is cash sale works.
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