Cameron Parish Road Home Auction Tops $620,000

Cameron, LA – January 26th – Sperry Van Ness/Gilmore Auction recently conducted the successful auction of 100 Road Home properties owned by the Cameron Parish Police Jury on Saturday January 25th.  Properties were located in Cameron, Holly Beach, Creole, Hackberry, Johnson Bayou, and Grand Chenier.  An audience of over two hundred including one hundred registered bidders competed for sixty-four of the properties on auction day.  Auction day sales totaled $378,500.

Prior to the auction, in December, Sperry Van Ness/Gilmore Auction assisted Cameron Parish by handling the sales of an additional thirty-six Road Home properties to “Lot Next Door” buyers.  Lot Next Door sales were $242,310.  Total sales for the Cameron Parish event were $620,810 for one hundred road home assets.

David E. Gilmore, Managing Partner and Principal Auctioneer for Sperry Van Ness/Gilmore Auction stated, “Today was another step in Cameron Parish’s recovery after Hurricanes Rita and Katrina.  Our auction team along with Cameron Parish officials overcame sleet, snow, ice covered roads and a parish wide power outage on auction day in order to make this event a success”.

Sperry Van Ness/Gilmore Auction & Realty is the Louisiana franchise office of Sperry Van Ness International, one of the largest and fastest growing commercial real estate brokerage firms in the industry, with more than 1,000 advisors in over 150 locations in the United States.  Sperry Van Ness delivers results for clients through a proven business model that provides advance marketing, technology tools and fee sharing.  Sperry Van Ness/Gilmore Auction team members have more than 100 years of experience in planning, orchestrating and conducting successful accelerated marketing engagements throughout the United States.