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Greater Baton Rouge Home Sales Statistics - December 2025
December 2025 Home Sales Statistics for the Greater Baton Rouge area are in and at the chart below: December and full year 2025 homes sales statistics are wrapped for the year and it was another good, solid year for residential home sales in the Greater Baton Rouge area! December 2025 shows 713 sold homes vs 701 sold in December 2024 with a median sales price of $263,000 vs $263,133. In addition, there were 683 new homes listed and 541 homes went pending in December 2025 vs
Jan 162 min read


The Ivy Subdivision - Denham Springs, LA 70726!
The Ivy subdivision is a new construction subdivision located in the heart of Denham Springs, 70726 and is situated/accessed from Cockerham Rd just east of Hatchell Ln! The Ivy Subdivision is not yet fully built out so there are vacant lots, fully built homes AND homes currently under construction all for sale right now. The vacant lots tend to be priced around $80,000 and the finished homes are priced in/around $500,000. Home sizes are all around 2,000 square feet +/- 200
Jan 101 min read


Easterly Lakes Subdivision - Denham Springs, LA 70706!
Easterly Lakes is a large subdivision located in the northern region of Livingston Parish - 70706. It is located in far north Denham Springs/Watson not very far from the St Helena Parish line. Easterly Lakes features oversized lots and pretty large, custom homes and is accessed from LA HWY 16. The subdivision began construction in the 1980's but also contains some newer homes. There are still several vacant lots for sale if you are looking to build a new, custom home. Hom
Jan 91 min read


Economic News for Livingston Parish - Target is Opening a New Store! - Denham Springs, 70726
Some great and surprising economic news just announced for Denham Springs & Livingston Parish - Target is coming to town! Target has just purchased an outparcel at Juban Crossing in a deal that closed in late 2025. No official opening announcement has been made, but I'd expect the new store open in 2027. Juban Crossing is a large retail development located in Denham Springs just north of I-12 and accessed by Juban Road. This development has grown over the years into quite
Jan 81 min read


Greater Baton Rouge Area Economic Wins for 2025!
It was a record setting year for the Greater Baton Rouge Area in terms of economic projects with a record $10.6B in capital investment projects announced! These economic projects are projected to create over 2,100 new, direct jobs which equates to over $190 million new payroll dollars that will be circulating through our local economy! Here's a summary graphic of the economic wins for Baton Rouge courtesy of the Greater Baton Rouge Economic Partnership. In addition, there wi
Jan 32 min read


Louisiana Announces a Record Year of Investment and Job Creation - December 2025!
The State of Louisiana has announced a huge, record year of investment and job creation! In 2025, LED has announced over $61 Billion Dollars in new, capital investment projects that are projected to create around 9,300 direct, new jobs. In addition, these new jobs are estimated to average an annual pay of $91,000 which is around $30,000 above the current state average! While these new capital projects are spread around the state, the Greater Baton Rouge Region is poised to r
Dec 26, 20251 min read


Veterans Administration (VA) Loan Information for the Greater Baton Rouge Area!
The Veterans Administration (VA) offers a tremendous benefit for their service members and/or eligible surviving spouses to aid and assist in the purchase of an owner-occupied residence. VA mortgage loans are 100% loans which means no down payment is required and VA loans are structured to help minimize the closing costs that would normally be the responsibility of the Buyer. Because the VA guarantees some portion (or possibly the entire amount) of your mortgage, the interes
Dec 24, 20252 min read


Rural Development Loan Information for the Greater Baton Rouge Area!
A Rural Development loan is a a loan program administered and funded through the US Department of Agriculture. It is a 100% loan program so no down payment is required! An R/D loan is geared to a first time homebuyer (but CAN have owned a home previously) who has generally good credit, but not down payment funds needed for other loan types. Actual loan qualification must be done by a mortgage lender, but there are several key factors in qualifying for an R/D loan: The house
Dec 23, 20252 min read


Greater Baton Rouge Home Sales Statistics - November 2025
November 2025 Home Sales Statics for the Greater Baton Rouge area are in and at the chart below: November residential home sales statistics are in for the month of November 2025 and the Greater Baton Rouge residential real estate market continues to plug along! 634 homes were sold in the Greater Baton Rouge Area in November 2025 vs 697 sold in November 2024 with the median sales price falling just a tiny bit from $257,780 down to $255,000. The average days on market increase
Dec 19, 20252 min read


Epic Piping Announces a $25 Million Expansion in Livingston Parish, LA - November 2025
Epic Piping has just announced a $25,000,000 expansion and upgrade of their existing facility located in Livingston Parish! This project expands an already existing advanced manufacturing facility located in the city of Livingston in Livingston Parish. It is estimated that this expansion will create 76 direct, new jobs with an average annual salary of $60,000 AND will retain an already existing 370 jobs currently at the facility. There should be another 136 indirect jobs cr
Dec 15, 20251 min read


CF Industries, JERA and Mitsui Announce $4 Billion Investment for the World’s Largest Ammonia Facility - Ascension Parish 70346, September 2025!
More fantastic economic news for the Greater Baton Rouge Area and Donadlsonville/Ascension Parish as final approval is given for another multi-billiion dollar investment in the RiverPlex MegaPark! The facility is expected to export approximately 1.4 million metric tons of low-carbon ammonia annually to international markets and will be the world's largest plant of its kind. This new production facility will be located in close proximity to the just announced Hyundai Steel $6
Dec 2, 20252 min read


Hyundai Steel Announces a $5.8 Billion Investment - Ascension Parish 70346, October 2025!
Monstrous economic news announcement for the Greater Baton Rouge Area and Donaldsonville/Ascension Parish in particular as Hyundai Steel confirms a multi-billiion dollar investment in the RiverPlex MegaPark! This fully integrated, manufacturing facility to be built by Hyundai will sit on 1,700 acres of the 17,000 acre RiverPlex tract which sits on the West Bank of the Mississippi River in Ascension Parish. It is estimated that this facility will create roughly 1,300 new jobs
Dec 1, 20251 min read


Plantation Park Subdivision - Denham Springs, 70726!
Plantation Park is a subdivision located in the southern part of Livingston Parish accessible directly from LA HWY 16. Plantation Park was developed in a couple of pretty discrete phases. The front part of the subdivision was developed in the early 1980's and consisted of primarily concrete slab homes with between 1,000 and 1,300 living square feet. The back 1/2 of the subdivision was developed in the late 1990's and consisted of primarily pier and beam Acadian style cottag
Nov 25, 20252 min read


Pipe And Steel Industrial Announces a $5.1 Million Expansion in Denham Springs 70726 - , October 2025
Pipe And Steel Industrial has announced a $5,100,000 expansion to their existing Denham Springs/Livingston Parish facility! This is the second major expansion at their Denham Springs facility in the last 2 years. It is expected to create 20 new permanent jobs paying an average salary of $62,400 and to create an additional 36 temporary jobs. Click on this link to review all currently available homes for sale in Denham Springs, LA 70726. Are you interested in buying or selling
Nov 23, 20251 min read


South Woodcrest Subdivision - Denham Springs, 70726!
South Woodcrest Subdivision is located in the heart of Old Denham Springs. Most of the original homes in this subdivision were built around 1960, however there were homes constructed through through around 1980 or so. South Woodcrest is bound roughly by Rushing Rd to the south, LA HWY 16 to the east, Florida Blvd to the west and Veterans Blvd to the north The homes in South Woodcrest range from 1,100 sf - 1800 living sf or so. Most of the homes have at least 3 bedrooms and
Nov 22, 20252 min read


Collins Place Subdivision - Walker, LA 70785!
Collins Place Subdivision is a highly sought after subdivision located in Walker, LA - accessed directly off of LA HWY 447 (Walker Rd South) This subdivision was substantially built out in the mid-2000's and was developed and designed around 2 interior lakes built by the developer. Most of the homes built were custom type homes with no one builder dominating the build out. Most of the most sought after homes were built on the lakes though the homes around the perimeter of th
Nov 20, 20252 min read


Fannie Mae Removes Minimum Credit Score Requirement - Greater Baton Rouge Area Real Estate News!
Fannie Mae has now removed the minimum score requirement as part of the loan underwriting process! That's huge news for the consumer loan market and will open up an avenue to home ownership for a whole new group of individuals. Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriting (DU) system will now review your entire overall financial profile which includes income, assets, payment history & credit behavior in making an automated DU approval/deny decision. The key takeaway from this is that
Nov 19, 20251 min read


Grays Creek Subdivision - Denham Springs 70726!
Grays Creek is a large subdivision centrally located in Denham Springs that has been developed by several builders over time. Grays Creek is accessed from Florida Blvd and is situated between Pete's Highway and Juban. The front part of the subdivision was developed in/around 2010 and there were multiple builders involved in constructing the homes. The homes ranged in size from 1,500 - 2,500 square feet and were pretty generally mixed between single and 2 story homes. It wa
Nov 18, 20252 min read


Greater Baton Rouge Home Sales Statistics - October 2025
October 2025 Home Sales Statics for the Greater Baton Rouge area are in and at the chart below: October 2025 residential home sales statistics are in for the Month of October 2025 and it was another very solid month in our area! 727 homes were sold in the Greater Baton Rouge Area in October 2025 vs 673 sold in October 2024 with the median sales price increasing almost 2% up to $269,768. The average days on market inched up by 1 day to 69 days before going pending and histori
Nov 17, 20252 min read


Pine Bluff Estates Subdivision - Denham Springs 70726!
Pine Bluff Estates Subdivision is located in Denham Springs 70726 about a mile north of downtown Denham. You access the subdivision directly from LA HWY 16 and wind down an old road until you hit the subdivision. The original part of the subdivision was built in/around 2000 and was comprised solely of approximately 1300 sf raised, Acadian style cottages. Several years ago an investor purchased the remaining undeveloped lots at the rear of the subdivision and placed brand n
Nov 16, 20252 min read
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