Lake Charles, LA

House prices for this metro area, real and nominal, since FHFA's series begins.

FHFA all-transactions · 1987 Q2 to 2026 Q2 · real terms in 2024 dollars · built 2026-09-12

All metro areas · this area is lake charles on the rankings

The index

Real and nominal, first quarter of the series = 100; the shaded band is 2007 to 2012.

How this is measured
Real terms deflate each quarter by that year's US CPI, stated in 2024 dollars; the CPI runs to 2024, so later quarters sit at 2024 prices until the next print. All-transactions includes refinance appraisals as well as sales; FHFA publishes purchase-only for the 100 largest metro areas only, and this is not one of them.
real, 2024 dollarsnominalindex, first quarter = 100 · shaded: 2007 to 2012
0501001502002503001990200020102020
One year
One year real +7.7%
nominal +7.7%
Five years
Five years real +1.6%
nominal +17.6%
Ten years
Ten years real +2.2%
nominal +33.6%
Twenty-five years
Twenty-five years real +29.1%
nominal +128.6%
Since 2000
Since 2000 real +30.2%
nominal +137.2%
2007 to 2012
crash, real −9.2%
2007Q3 to 2012Q2

Year by year

Fourth quarter of each year, nominal and real, newest first.

2026 Q2288 · real 288real year on year +6.0%
2025 Q4272 · real 272real year on year +3.5%
2024 Q4263 · real 263real year on year −5.1%
2023 Q4269 · real 277real year on year −5.2%
2022 Q4272 · real 292real year on year −2.3%
2021 Q4258 · real 299real year on year +4.3%
2020 Q4236 · real 286real year on year −0.5%
2019 Q4235 · real 288real year on year +2.0%
2018 Q4226 · real 282real year on year −0.6%
2017 Q4222 · real 284real year on year −0.6%
2016 Q4219 · real 286real year on year +4.7%
2015 Q4206 · real 273real year on year +4.5%
Show all 40 years
2014 Q4197 · real 261real year on year +4.8%
2013 Q4185 · real 249real year on year −0.4%
2012 Q4183 · real 250real year on year −0.2%
2011 Q4180 · real 251real year on year −2.9%
2010 Q4179 · real 258real year on year −2.1%
2009 Q4180 · real 264real year on year +2.2%
2008 Q4177 · real 258real year on year −2.7%
2007 Q4175 · real 265real year on year +0.0%
2006 Q4170 · real 265real year on year +7.7%
2005 Q4153 · real 246real year on year +4.4%
2004 Q4142 · real 235real year on year +1.2%
2003 Q4136 · real 233real year on year −0.0%
2002 Q4133 · real 233real year on year +2.3%
2001 Q4128 · real 228real year on year +3.4%
2000 Q4121 · real 220real year on year −2.5%
1999 Q4120 · real 226real year on year −2.2%
1998 Q4120 · real 231real year on year +5.4%
1997 Q4112 · real 219real year on year −0.7%
1996 Q4110 · real 220real year on year +1.4%
1995 Q4105 · real 217real year on year +3.4%
1994 Q499 · real 210real year on year +2.9%
1993 Q494 · real 204real year on year +1.4%
1992 Q490 · real 201real year on year +0.1%
1991 Q487 · real 201real year on year +0.1%
1990 Q484 · real 201real year on year −12.6%
1989 Q491 · real 230real year on year +3.8%
1988 Q484 · real 222real year on year −2.0%
1987 Q482 · real 226

Source

FHFA House Price Index, all-transactions, quarterly, not seasonally adjusted, CBSA 29340. Real terms by the World Bank's US consumer price index, annual.