SHREVEPORT HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With 177,959 people, 75,353 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $196,022, house prices in Shreveport are solidly below the national average. Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Shreveport, accounting for 68.10% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Shreveport include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 17.35%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.09%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.92%). The most prevalent building size and type in Shreveport are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 52.30% owning and 47.70% renting. There is a lot of housing in Shreveport 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 Shreveport built between 1940-1969 ( 38.27%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 15.16%). There's also some housing in Shreveport built before 1939 ( 5.22%). Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Shreveport. Fully 16.55% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Shreveport homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Shreveport 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. SHREVEPORT HOME APPRECIATION RATES Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Shreveport, where house values have increased just 35.13%, which is annualized rate of 3.06%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America. Over the last year, Shreveport appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Shreveport's appreciation rate has been 3.41%, 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 Shreveport were at 1.84%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 7.57%. Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Shreveport's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% 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 Shreveport differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use 蘑菇视频 to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Shreveport - 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 Shreveport real estate investment or home purchase decisions.