10-Year Steady Growth in St. Tammany Parish Housing Market
A gradual, steady, and continual increase in residents, new households, and home prices is what the St. Tammany Parish Economic Development Foundation (EDF) encountered in a study done of the housing market’s recovery in the parish. From 2003 – 2013, St. Tammany Parish’s population grew from 205,883 – 242,333. Home prices, which
rose after Hurricane Katrina to later plummet during the Recession have now seen an increase for the first time since 2007. The average price of a home in St. Tammany Parish in 2013 was $225,540, up from when the housing market hit bottom in 2009.
The St. Tammany Parish EDF also found that the amount of building permits issued for builders in St. Tammany Parish rose 78% since the market bottomed out in 2009. Building permits and existing home sales have increased every year since 2010, they found. Existing homes sold at a 44% higher rate since 2009, according to the report.
Steve Dixon, president of the North Shore Area Board of Realtors, agrees that the market has stabilized, but he thinks the recovery will take a little longer. New housing starts were so scant in the depth of the recession that even modest growth appears significant when looking at percentages, he said.
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