Acadiana Business Advocate

Thursday, April 4th, 2024

Biggest real estate brokerage in Louisiana has been sold

By ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana Business Editor

Welcome to another edition of the Acadiana Business Newsletter. On to today's headlines....

A longtime Louisiana-based real estate brokerage company has been sold.

Latter & Blum, which is based in New Orleans and has offices in Lafayette and other markets in the state, was sold to Compass Real Estate, the largest residential real estate brokerage in the U.S. by sales volume, company officials announced Wednesday.

Don't be surprised if you see more of these moves in the coming months, said Acadiana real estate analyst Bill Bacque. The industry is in transition right now, and brokerages are focused on their bottom lines.

Read the full story here.

Have a great day and thanks for reading.

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