Aug 2026
$239K
-2.1% year-over-year
How it’s calculated
Rolling 3-month median sale price vs. same 3 months one year prior.
Baton Rouge, LA
Median sale price, a Redfin vs. FHFA price check, and daily-refreshed real estate signals for Baton Rouge, LA. Built for agents; free to read.
Baton Rouge, LA’s median sale price is $239K as of Aug 2026 — -2.1% year over year. Pecan Street measures Baton Rouge’s year-over-year home-price change two independent ways: Redfin sale prices and the FHFA House Price Index. No market signals are flagged here right now.
Headline
Oct 6, 2026
7.45%
30-year fixed
Where it comes from
National benchmark: Optimal Blue OBMMI 30-year conforming, via FRED. An average of rates borrowers have actually locked, updated daily.
The same rate appears on every market page.
Principal & interest
$1,329/mo
$57K/yr income needed
How it’s calculated
Payment — this market’s median sale price with 20% down, on a 30-year fixed loan at the rate shown. Principal and interest only — no property tax, insurance, PMI or HOA.
Income needed — that payment at 28% of gross income. A rule of thumb, not a lending decision.
How Baton Rouge compares to other U.S. metros
| Home-price growth | ↓167th of 195 |
|---|---|
| Days on market | ↑29th of 195 (top 15%) |
| Price cuts | ↓147th of 195 |
| Price-to-rent | ↓121st of 195 |
Rank across the U.S. metros Pecan Street tracks, on market data alone — a higher rank means more of that measure (more price cuts, faster price growth, a wider asking-vs-sale gap, a higher price-to-rent ratio, or more days on market). The bar shows where this metro sits within that metric’s own cohort (left is more, right is less); ↑ and ↓ mark the positions furthest from the middle, and rows are ordered the same way. Metrics without data for this metro are omitted.
Affordability
| Price-to-rent ratio | ≈ 14 +1.6% YoY ↓121st of 195 |
|---|---|
| Asking price / sq ft | $163 +0.8% YoY |
Price-to-rent divides the median sale price by the annual HUD Fair Market Rent (a 3-bedroom, 40th-percentile benchmark), so it is a directional rent-vs-buy read, not a cap rate; its year-over-year change is directional in the same way. Asking price per square foot is the median across active for-sale listings (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market pressure
| Listings with a price cut | ≈ 32% -0.2 pts YoY ↓147th of 195 |
|---|---|
| New housing units permitted | 262 |
Price-cut share is the portion of active for-sale listings that have taken a price reduction (Realtor.com), as of Sep 2026. New housing units authorized by residential building permits in the metro that month — new supply in the pipeline, which counts of existing listings don't capture (US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey), as of Aug 2026. The bar under a figure places this metro among the U.S. metros we track on that measure, highest first.
Market facts
| ZIPs with listing data | 12 shown of 77 |
|---|---|
| MLS board of record | Greater Baton Rouge Association of REALTORS |
| Price methodology | Redfin vs FHFA HPI |
| Data as of | Aug 2026 |
Recent signals
No signals flagged for this market right now.
Price reconciliation
red · 4.9ppRedfin (city) -2.1% | FHFA HPI · Q2 2026 +2.8% |
Year-over-year home-price change from two independent methods — Redfin (monthly sold price) and FHFA (quarterly repeat-sales index). When they diverge, the market is mid-shift; cite the figure with that in mind.
Market dispatches
Citable market dispatches for Baton Rouge → Latest dispatch: Jul 10, 2026.
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| ZIP | Median list price | Active listings | New listings | Price reductions | Days on market | Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70706 | $279K↓ | 122↓ | 26↓ | 44↑ | 66↓ | $270K↑ |
| 70726 | $263K↓ | 267↓ | 92↑ | 70↓ | 63↓ | $252K↑ |
| 70737 | $360K↓ | 205↑ | 64↑ | 52 | 71↓ | $297K↑ |
| 70769 | $372K↓ | 187↑ | 40↑ | 56↑ | 68↓ | $342K↑ |
| 70791 | $302K↑ | 156↓ | 44↑ | 44↓ | 69↓ | $269K↑ |
| 70806 | $314K↑ | 141↑ | 30 | 52↑ | 76↓ | $253K↑ |
| 70808 | $439K↓ | 140↓ | 34↓ | 54↓ | 64↓ | $364K↑ |
| 70809 | $289K↑ | 165↑ | 40↑ | 50↑ | 86↓ | $317K↑ |
| 70810 | $386K↓ | 270↓ | 86↑ | 92↓ | 74↑ | $341K↑ |
| 70816 | $239K↓ | 133↑ | 34↑ | 36↑ | 72↓ | $244K↑ |
| 70817 | $367K↓ | 169↑ | 38↑ | 58↓ | 72↓ | $311K↑ |
| 70820 | $205K↑ | 119↑ | 20↑ | 24↑ | 74 | $241K↑ |
ZIP figures from Realtor.com listing data; home value from Zillow ZHVI. ZIP codes shown have the most complete listing-data history and active for-sale inventory in this metro; the latest available month is shown per ZIP. Arrows show the direction of each figure against the same three months a year earlier; no arrow means the change rounds to zero or the comparison isn't available.