Any Baton Rouge metro area homeowners seeing a large jump in appraisal (non flooded homes)

I saw a semi large jump and mine DID flood.

Which parish?

I just bought a house in AP and I am praying the appraisal goes very well and I get some built in equity.

Appraisal actually came back 10k higher than my purchase price. I is a happy camper.

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A house on street over from mine that did flood is currently listed at about 30K more than I paid for mine right before the flood. I don't think they've gotten much interest though. In Livingston parish.

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I guess with all the updates people think they can get a premium.

I'm currently house shopping in the area, and am finding that rehabilitated flooded houses are much nicer because of the updates.

I flooded in ebr. Renovated it very well. Sold it first weekend it was on the market. Multiple offers over full price. Price was over 10% over what I paid for it 6 years ago.

Sold my house in South BR last December for 8% increase after owning the house for 4 years. The house was on the market for a week with multiple offers and sold after to a cash buyer for asking price...I can only imagine what they are going for now, after people don't want to live in their "rebuilt" houses for a year.

I live just off Millerville in EBR and we have a house in our neighborhood that was purchased in 07/16, flooded, was remodeled and then sold back in May for just under $10k over what it had been bought for pre-flood.

Zillow is saying my estimate has increased $15k from when we bought it in 2014, but you can only take those estimates with a grain of salt.

Zillow tells me my house in Shenandoah is worth 50k more than what I paid for it in 2014.

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Ascension

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i know of 2 houses on our street that sold for roughly $30k more than the original purchase price.

Yep. Part of the Sharon Weston Broome effect. Get ready for a property tax increase to help offset the funds that the city will lose once St. George is formed. She’s gotta fund NBR somehow.