April 2026 homes sales statistics for the Greater Baton Rouge area now available and our local residential housing market continues to chug along with positive numbers generally across the board! Median sales prices continue to increase and we continue to have increasing unit sales. Our market - luckily - tends to be mostly consistent. We generally never see the huge dips that you see in many of the larger, coastal areas/states. Slow and steady is a good descriptor of our

Holy Cow - Huge tourism news for Baton Rouge in 2025! A record setting 9.4 million people visited Baton Rouge in 2025 and spent a record $1.3 billion dollars in our city. This in turn supports over 42,000 jobs in the Greater Baton Rouge metropolitan area. Here are some additional stats - Meetings/Conventions/Sporting events booked 89,000 room nights 244 individual events 315,000 attendees $193 million dollar impact The United States Bowling Conference held their annual gath

Gulf Mortgage Group is offer a free 1-0 Loan Buydown Program that runs through 6/30/26! On all conventional and government purchase loans, Gulf Mortgage is covering the cost of one-year temporary rate buydowns! This allows buyers to get a 1% lower interest rate for the first year of their loan with NO additional cost to them. This is a great way to ease into homeownership and save some money during that first year! David Bryan with Gulf Mortgage Group has this loan program in

Self employed clients can have a challenge at times getting approved for a home mortgage. Some lenders don't have the experience to successfully deliver this type of loan program, others don't offer it at all. David Bryan with Gulf Mortgage Group has this loan program in place. David is based in Prairieville, but can offer this mortgage program anywhere in the State of Louisiana. I've worked with David in excess of 15 years - he's a super talented lender with great custome

Air Liquide has announced a major, $350,000,000 plant expansion project to support the under development $5.8 Billion Hyundai Steel Mill construction project on the West Bank of Ascension Parish! This expansion from Air Liquide will physically occur at their existing plant in St James Parish and they will be expanding their pipeline infrastructure along the Mississippi River to connect to the Hyundai project. This project announcement gives further support to just how impact

March 2026 residential home sales statistics for the Greater Baton Rouge Area are in and the month AND year to date numbers are all positive! Our real estate market tends not to operate at the extremes (both good and bad) that you can see in many of the other real estate markets around the country. We tend to be pretty steady as you go, but with positive trends in both increasing median sales prices and number of homes sold. March 2026 vs 2025 stats show: 817 vs 729 homes s

Ironwood Estates Subdivision is located in Prairieville, LA - 70769 just off of LA HWY 42 before you get to Burnside! Ironwood Estates is a fairly new subdivision with most of the homes built in the mid to late 2010's. It's a popular subdivision as the houses tend to be a bit larger and great curb appeal. It is very centrally located in Prairieville with relatively easy access to Airline HWY. The homes tend to range in size from 1,800 - 2,100 living sf and home values range

February 2026 residential homes sales activity in the Greater Baton Rouge area is now in and the numbers look pretty good! The month to month and year over year changes are all generally positive which shows some strength and growth in our housing markets - unlike many other markets around the country February 2026 vs 2025 stats show: 633 vs 597 homes sold 929 vs 1,002 new listings $278,500 vs $259,900 median sales price 82 vs 83 days on market prior to the final sale 4.2 vs

There are many types of specialized loan programs available in the market and here's one designed specifically for physicians. David Bryan with Gulf Mortgage Group has this loan program in place. David is based in Prairieville, but can offer this mortgage program anywhere in the State of Louisiana. I've worked with David in excess of 15 years - he's a super talented lender with great customer service. If you are a doctor/physician and looking to purchase a home, give David

Big economic win for St Charles Parish has just been announced and it will support continued growth in the Ascension Parish housing market! Southern Energy Renewables has announced plans to invest $1.4 Billion to develop a green methanol and sustainable aviation fuel facility starting in 2027 with an estimated completion date of 2029. This plant is the first investment in Louisiana by SER and is planned to create 120 direct, high paying permanent jobs and 394 indirect jobs.

Ascension Parish has become Louisiana's fastest growing parish through a combination of location & years of growth planning that is coming to fruition! Ascension Parish is home to one of the top ranked public education systems in the entire state which makes it super attractive to families. In addition, the Parish is located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans with easy, I-10 access to each city. The Mississippi River bisects the Parish, allowing for plant and industrial gr

One of my key lending partners has just announced new loan limits for conventional conforming residential home loans in the Greater Baton Rouge Area! The conventional home loan amount has increased to $832,750 and is available right now - no waiting period. Specific loan question? Reach out to Ryan Larussa with Synergy One Lending and he'll be glad to help you out - Ryan is one of my most trusted lender partners! I'm always available to answer questions about specific homes

January 2026 Home Sales Statistics for the Greater Baton Rouge area are in and at the chart below: January 2026 residential homes sales in the Greater Baton Rouge area have started off in a pretty strong manner! While the number of sold and closed homes was down slightly this January vs January 2025, the number of new listings was up and the median sold price increased January vs January. January 2026 vs 2025 stats show: 541 vs 513 homes sold 1.047 vs 942 new listings $265,00

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

Louisiana has become the first state EVER to win back-to-back Platinum Deal of the Year Awards! These awards recognize one economic win for a state per year as measured against all 50 states. In 2024, Louisiana won the award for the Meta AI Data center that is currently under construction in the northern part of the state. Louisiana won the 2025 Platinum Deal award for the $6 Billion Hyundai Steel's new plant that will begin construction in late 2026 on a 1,700 acre tract of

The Hollows of Dutchtown is a highly sought after subdivision located in Prairieville, 70769! It is located just off of Old Jefferson Hwy and north of LA HWY 621. The Hollows of Dutchtown provides super easy access to I-10, Old Jefferson Hwy and Airline Hwy - allowing for easy access in/around both Ascension and East Baton Rouge Parishes. The subdivision offers many amenities such as several lakes, a community pool and homes with a lakefront view. Hollows of Dutchtown hom

Delaune Estates Subdivision is a new-construction subdivision located in Prairieville - 70769. Delaune Estates is situated at the southwest corner of Duplessis Rd & Old Jefferson Hwy. The location is prime in that it provides easy access to I-10 & Airline Hwy. Level Homes is the builder of this subdivision and they are know for their high quality new construction homes. The homes generally range from 1,700 - 2,800 living square feet and the sales prices from $375,000 - $51

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

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

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