LAFAYETTE HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With 121,467 people, 52,480 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $275,084, Lafayette real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns. Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lafayette, accounting for 64.32% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lafayette include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 23.74%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.79%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.83%). The most prevalent building size and type in Lafayette are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.44% owning and 46.56% renting. There is a lot of housing in Lafayette built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Lafayette built between 2000 and later ( 24.69%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 24.27%). There's also some housing in Lafayette built before 1939 ( 1.59%). Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Lafayette. Fully 10.91% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Lafayette homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Lafayette real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor. LAFAYETTE HOME APPRECIATION RATES Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Lafayette, where house values have increased just 30.60%, which is annualized rate of 2.71%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America. Over the last year, Lafayette appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Lafayette's appreciation rate has been 2.00%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, 蘑菇视频's data show that house appreciation rates in Lafayette were at -3.87%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -14.60%. Notably, Lafayette's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America. Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Lafayette's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana. One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Lafayette differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use 蘑菇视频 to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Lafayette - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Lafayette real estate investment or home purchase decisions.