Baton Rouge, LA: Keninworth Subdivision Market Report

By Don Stern

Real Estate Agent with Realty Executives South Louisiana

August 19, 2010 07:00 AM

East Baton Rouge Parish Real Estate Market Report - Kenilworth Subdivision

The data used in this report were extracted from the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors MLS database on August 18, 2010. The data are presumed accurate but are not warranted.

I have been working with some clients who are considering moving from the Kenilworth subdivision to a more rural area. I extracted historical sales data as well as data for currently active listings to give them some idea of what their current home might ultimately sell for and how the competition in their subdivision is currently priced. The following chart looks at the history of the selling price per square foot of living area over time and how current listings are priced.

We can see that recent sales have varied more than $40/sq.ft. from a bit less than $80/sq.ft. to a bit more than $120/sq.ft. There are currently four active listings in the subdivision. Three of the listings are priced between $103.75/sq.ft. and $109.76/sq.ft. and one is price at $88.88/sq.ft. Further investigation revealed that this home is part of an estate and there were no inside photos so one might suspect the condition of the interior.

The next chart shows that the average selling price in 2010 was $98.51/sq.ft., a drop of about 2% from the average selling price in 2009 and a drop of nearly 4% from the peak average of $102.46/sq.ft. achieved in 2007.

The next chart show average selling prices in the subdivision and we observe a large increase from 2009 to 2010. Given that the $/sq.ft. declined, one can conclude that, on average, larger homes have sold in 2010 than sold in 2009.