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Lafayette - LA housing market

The Lafayette metro has a typical home value of $204,403, up 2.3% from a year ago. Homes sell in 33 days on average, a balanced market. 26% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$204,403
+2.3% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$222,285
+3.2% YoY
Median list price
$246,633
Sale-to-list ratio
97.4%
Selling below ask
Days on market
33d
Listings w/ price cut
26.3%
New listings / mo
409
-4.2% YoY
Homes for sale
1,786
+0.9% YoY
Typical rent
$1,370/mo
+0.6% YoY
Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($204,403) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Lafayette - LA metro area , a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are up 2.3% over the past year. In Lafayette - LA, that means a home worth $199,807 last year is now worth roughly $204,403.

The median sale price , what homes actually close for , is $222,285. Homes are selling at 97.4% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Lafayette - LA sit on the market for roughly 33 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 26.3% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 409 new listings hit the market each month in Lafayette - LA. There are currently 1,786 homes for sale, up 0.9% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Lafayette - LA is $1,370, up 0.6% year over year. For investors, the price-to-rent ratio here is roughly 12x annual rent.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

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Other metros in LA

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
New Orleans - LA$264,891 +2.7% 36.0d
Baton Rouge - LA$249,747 +1.9% 30.0d
Shreveport - LA$185,678 +2.0% 25.0d
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