Want to live next to Cajun Field?

Hey Cajun fans! I know this isn't a typical post for this board... but I thought it would be relevant considering the proximity to Cajun Field. My wife and I are selling our home in Tanglewood Subdivision. It's bittersweet because we absolutely love our house and location, especially the huge backyard. We just need a little more space and another bedroom for our growing family.

That being said, as a longtime diehard Cajun fan and alum myself, it's awesome living so close to Cajun Field. You can access Cajundome Blvd from our back gate and walk to games whenever you want and avoid parking. It's also just a great neighborhood with lots of great neighbors and active Cajun fans.

If anyone is looking for a home on this side town... please share!

https://my.flexmls.com/hundleyhomes/...are_link_modal

Dude. 10 years ago, I would have bought this.

I recently viewed this listing and love the home. I’m currently living in Houston and would love to move back to Lafayette and am looking to move in your neighborhood. Unfortunately, until interest rates settle back down, I can’t make the move… I’m locked in at 2.7% where I’m at and would be foolish to take a pay cut AND increase in debt.

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Originally Posted by CajunNation

Dude. 10 years ago, I would have bought this.

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This is your chance to make it happen! ;)

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Originally Posted by campo118

I recently viewed this listing and love the home. I’m currently living in Houston and would love to move back to Lafayette and am looking to move in your neighborhood. Unfortunately, until interest rates settle back down, I can’t make the move… I’m locked in at 2.7% where I’m at and would be foolish to take a pay cut AND increase in debt.

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Ahh man, I hear you. Yea, we've got a great interest rate as well right now and hate to leave it... but when you've got 6 kids and only 3 bedrooms... it kinda forces your hand to find a bigger home. LOL.

That being said, we actually love the fact that our house has 2 living rooms... with the second facing the backyard and all those windows and natural light. The home feels a lot larger than 2,239 sq ft because the flow of the floorplan just makes sense. You can make a complete circle through the house with the kitchen being centralized in the middle of all entertaining spaces.

Part of me doesn't want to leave, and instead just build an addition because we have plenty of yard space to do so. But, we found a home on the market that's going to fit our family perfectly so we decided to make the jump.

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Originally Posted by campo118

I recently viewed this listing and love the home. I’m currently living in Houston and would love to move back to Lafayette and am looking to move in your neighborhood. Unfortunately, until interest rates settle back down, I can’t make the move… I’m locked in at 2.7% where I’m at and would be foolish to take a pay cut AND increase in debt.

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Just food for thought, I wish I would have saved the article, but I was reading a very compelling argument about the "waiting for interest rates to drop" mindset. There were several statistics that showed how asset appreciation far outweighed the interest savings. They were mostly statistics from I guess the 80s and earlier when my parents' generation had double digit interest rates. Full disclosure, I live in this neighborhood in a house that I plan to stay in until the kids are gone and I start downsizing. I also got in at 2.75%. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, factual or not. Just mentioning it because it had me thinking.

Good news for home sellers and home buyers. Real estate agents will no longer be charging their 6% fee because they can’t do to a recent court ruling. That fee can be negotiated and most probably will be more around 2% This fee used to be rolled into the house price to cover it. Hopefully this will drop the prices slightly.

Wow...a deer stand in the backyard too?

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Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns

Good news for home sellers and home buyers. Real estate agents will no longer be charging their 6% fee because they can’t do to a recent court ruling. That fee can be negotiated and most probably will be more around 2% This fee used to be rolled into the house price to cover it. Hopefully this will drop the prices slightly.

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Wow, if that’s true there are going to be a lot of unemployed real estate agents around here.

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Originally Posted by fanof71

Wow...a deer stand in the backyard too?

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Great location to hang the 2020 and 2021 FTBL SBC Championship Banners

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Originally Posted by CajunRage

Just food for thought, I wish I would have saved the article, but I was reading a very compelling argument about the "waiting for interest rates to drop" mindset. There were several statistics that showed how asset appreciation far outweighed the interest savings. They were mostly statistics from I guess the 80s and earlier when my parents' generation had double digit interest rates. Full disclosure, I live in this neighborhood in a house that I plan to stay in until the kids are gone and I start downsizing. I also got in at 2.75%. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, factual or not. Just mentioning it because it had me thinking.

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Tanglewood represent! I lived there for almost 20 years. Great neighborhood and great location for Cajun fans

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Originally Posted by UL_Cajuns

Good news for home sellers and home buyers. Real estate agents will no longer be charging their 6% fee because they can’t do to a recent court ruling. That fee can be negotiated and most probably will be more around 2% This fee used to be rolled into the house price to cover it. Hopefully this will drop the prices slightly.

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6% was always negotiable. Wife in real estate, she has used different rates thru the years.

Issue was the seller was setting (and paying) the comission for both sides of the transaction, because the comission is actually quartered.

There will be many leaving the field simply because it will be a hassle having buyers execute a agreement to the buyer's side on every property shown. It will probably become a negotiable part like closing costs/inspection repairs like contracts today. Not the rate, who pays it.


Just another layer of paperwork to add to the process.

I live on the other side of Cajundome BLVD in White Subdivision (Oak Lawn Heights). For me the short walk would be a selling point, unfortunately most cajun fans complain about walking across the street so they won’t see that as beneficial.

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Originally Posted by KajunKrazy

I live on the other side of Cajundome BLVD in White Subdivision (Oak Lawn Heights). For me the short walk would be a selling point, unfortunately most cajun fans complain about walking across the street so they won’t see that as beneficial.

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Frenchie's house was still on the market a week or so ago. St. Camille.

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

6% was always negotiable. Wife in real estate, she has used different rates thru the years.

Issue was the seller was setting (and paying) the comission for both sides of the transaction, because the comission is actually quartered.

There will be many leaving the field simply because it will be a hassle having buyers execute a agreement to the buyer's side on every property shown. It will probably become a negotiable part like closing costs/inspection repairs like contracts today. Not the rate, who pays it.


Just another layer of paperwork to add to the process.

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Will home sellers who sold a home in the last 4 years be able to recoup some money from the class action suit settlement against the National Association of Realtors? Think I read that also.

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Originally Posted by facelessjonmoon

Tanglewood represent! I lived there for almost 20 years. Great neighborhood and great location for Cajun fans

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Tanglewood ain't got nothing on Holden Heights!

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Originally Posted by Esqueleto

Tanglewood ain't got nothing on Holden Heights!

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Both great!!

Here’s a bonus… Tanglewood is on the hospital grid… losing electricity during a hurricane never lasts for long! That is, unless your neighbor’s oak tree falls across the power lines knocking out just one block. Lol this happened for the last big storm.

I grew up in Tanglewood, my parents still live there. My wife and I actually lived in Holden Heights for the first 6 years of our marriage, then we bought in Tanglewood 8 years ago and have been there ever since.

The home we are under contract on is in the same 1-2 mile radius of Cajun Field! Can’t leave this side of town, it’s in my blood.

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Originally Posted by CajunNeighbor

Ahh man, I hear you. Yea, we've got a great interest rate as well right now and hate to leave it... but when you've got 6 kids and only 3 bedrooms... it kinda forces your hand to find a bigger home. LOL.

That being said, we actually love the fact that our house has 2 living rooms... with the second facing the backyard and all those windows and natural light. The home feels a lot larger than 2,239 sq ft because the flow of the floorplan just makes sense. You can make a complete circle through the house with the kitchen being centralized in the middle of all entertaining spaces.

Part of me doesn't want to leave, and instead just build an addition because we have plenty of yard space to do so. But, we found a home on the market that's going to fit our family perfectly so we decided to make the jump.

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6 kids?!

Ever considered moving that nice big screen tv pictured in one of your living rooms into the master room?!? Lol

Looks like they are drilling piles.

I sold my house on Corinne Street, which is much closer to the athletic complex.

Even though I am active on Ragin Pagin, I would have never listed it for sale on here, much less create a new account in an attempt to sell my house (or anything else).

Serious question: Is this even allowed on the site?

If a Cajun fan buys it I'm happy.

When Don Brown (RIP) was retiring and looking for a place to build, we had a thread on it.

When 71 was coming home from a foreign country (App State area) and looking for a place to buy or build, we had a thread on it.

I also thought about RaginDave when he was moving back discussing his move.

This is on the other end of the spectrum, but I think Neighbor is legit.

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If you’re good with it, then we’re all good with it.

Just didn’t know if you were good with opening up a door for everyone in the future who wants to advertise things they are trying sell on Ragin Pagin.

You let (insert user name) sell on here, why can’t I?

GEAUX CAJUNS

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Originally Posted by GreatestStory

If you’re good with it, then we’re all good with it.

Just didn’t know if you were good with opening up a door for everyone in the future who wants to advertise things they are trying sell on Ragin Pagin.

You let (insert user name) sell on here, why can’t I?

GEAUX CAJUNS

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Im hoping to get that 6% realtor fee. ;)

That would just about get me back to even on the red money spent running on RP since 2002

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Originally Posted by Turbine

If a Cajun fan buys it I'm happy.

When Don Brown (RIP) was retiring and looking for a place to build, we had a thread on it.

When 71 was coming home from a foreign country (App State area) and looking for a place to buy or build, we had a thread on it.

I also thought about RaginDave when he was moving back discussing his move.

This is on the other end of the spectrum, but I think Neighbor is legit.

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Appreciate it Turbine! Yea I considered the pros and cons of starting a thread on it, and ultimately decided it was relevant enough to Cajuns sports fans for a lot of the reasons you listed.

To me this is different than listing some random item for sale… it’s promoting the idea that if you’re legitimately looking to move closer to the athletic campus and you hadn’t checked the real estate world recently, you might have a great option here!

I also wouldn’t have been offended if it got taken down. Just figured I’d share the love of Tanglewood. 🤟🏻