The recent gains are indicative of an ongoing trend, as the local area managed to avoid most of the difficulties of many other cities. According to Housing Predictor, Ouachita Parish’s housing market was ranked in the top 10 buyers’ markets in nation, says the paper.
"Our home values have risen each year except 2008, and even then there was only a slight decline," Darryl Beasley, chief executive of Coldwell Banker Group One Realty, told the paper.
Even when the market was at its worst last year, the paper noted that the average number of days it took a home to be sold in the housing market decreased from 126 days in 2008 to 125 in 2009.
Those considering taking advantage of the Ouachita Parish housing market and possibly moving into the community should know that the median home price listing for the county was $149,900 in October, according to Zillow.
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