Reports  ›  Weekly · 2026-05-24

Louisiana real estate — week of May 22, 2026

All 3 of Louisiana's major metros showed positive year-over-year median sale-price reads this week. Range this week: lafayette at +0.5% YoY to baton-rouge at +7.2%.

Headline numbers

Baton Rouge

$242K +7.2%

Lafayette

$248K +0.5%

New Orleans

$343K +6.0%

This week's signals

Strength 4 / 5

$216K

Kenner median price -19.9% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -13.1% YoY, confirming real depreciation vs. mix-shift noise.

Strength 4 / 5

6.8 mo

Slidell supply now 6.8 months — buyer's market

Six-plus months of supply in Slidell — this is a buyer's market by the textbook definition.

Strength 4 / 5

112 days

Broussard homes taking 112 days to sell — +160.5% vs. a year ago

Homes are sitting materially longer than they were this time last year — the first hard sign of softening demand or over-priced inventory.

Strength 4 / 5

$274K

Broussard median price -5.3% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -10.2% YoY, confirming real depreciation vs. mix-shift noise.

Strength 4 / 5

$280K

New Orleans median price -16.9% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -8.3% YoY, confirming real depreciation vs. mix-shift noise.

Strength 4 / 5

$215K

Baton Rouge median price -10.4% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -8.4% YoY, confirming real depreciation vs. mix-shift noise.

Strength 4 / 5

$238K

Lafayette median price -4.7% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -1.6% YoY, confirming real depreciation vs. mix-shift noise.

Strength 4 / 5

$299K

Metairie median price -9.4% YoY

Price-per-sqft also -6.5% YoY, confirming real depreciation vs. mix-shift noise.

Source divergence

ZIP-level reconciliation will appear here once curated ZIP coverage lands for Louisiana.

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