Faro Labs / Markets / Shreveport, LA
Shreveport real estate investment market
What a typical rental in Shreveport, Louisiana costs, rents for, and returns: underwritten by Faro's own engine, not a scraped summary.
Returns assume 20% down at 6.75% over 30 years, 7% vacancy, and standard operating costs: Faro's default assumptions, the same ones every report starts from. Home value and rent trends as of 2026-05-31.
Difficult for both
At market rent, a typical Shreveport rental runs $103 short each month, and home values moved −0.4% over the last year. Neither leg is carrying deals right now, which means the ones that work here are bought well below market rather than at it.
The price a deal actually works at
Faro models five price points for Shreveport, from a weak buy to a strong one. The market-rate deal is $149,661; a good buy is $134,695 and a great one $119,729 roughly 20% below market value. Those are the bars a specific listing gets measured against when you run it.
How Shreveport compares
Of the 210 markets Faro publishes, Shreveport is the 202nd most expensive to buy into: 62% below the median covered market, and the 15th strongest on rent-to-price. Within Louisiana it's the 3rd priciest of 3 markets we cover. On the last year of home-value change it ranks 103rd.
To break even at the default financing, a typical Shreveport property would need about $1,226 a month in rent: $127 more than the $1,099 the market currently supports.
What each tier costs in Shreveport
Faro models five price points per market. A listing gets measured against these bars, not against a national average.
| Tier | Purchase price | Market rent | vs. market rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weak buy | $164,627 | $1,044/mo | +10% |
| Fair buy | $157,144 | $1,077/mo | +5% |
| Market rate | $149,661 | $1,099/mo | — |
| Good buy | $134,695 | $1,154/mo | -10% |
| Great buy | $119,729 | $1,209/mo | -20% |
A typical Shreveport deal, underwritten
The market-rate property above, run through the same engine every Faro report uses.
| Purchase price | $149,661 |
|---|---|
| Monthly rent | $1,099 |
| Cash required (20% down + 3% closing) | $34,422 |
| Net operating income | $8,086/yr |
| Monthly cash flow | -$103 |
| Cap rate | 5.4% |
| Cash-on-cash return | −3.6% |
| DSCR | 0.87 |
Rents are climbing faster than prices
Rents rose 7.2% over the last year while home values moved down 0.4%: a 7.6-point gap. When rent growth outruns price growth, yields improve without you doing anything: the same $149,661 property collects more each year against a price that hasn't moved to match. It's the rarer of the two directions and it's what turns a marginal market into a workable one over a hold.
One of the cheapest ways in
At $149,661, a typical Shreveport property costs 62.3% less than the median market Faro covers: 202th most expensive of 210. Cash required at 20% down plus closing is about $34,422, which is what makes markets like this the usual starting point for a first rental. The trade is management: a cheap property is not a cheap property to run, and the fixed costs, a roof, a furnace, a turnover, are the same dollars against a much smaller rent.
Shreveport investor questions
Is Shreveport a good place to buy rental property?
A typical Shreveport rental at $149,661 renting for $1,099 a month returns 5.4% on a cap-rate basis and runs short by $103 a month at 20% down. Individual deals vary far more than markets do, which is the whole reason to underwrite a specific address.
Can you cash-flow a rental in Shreveport?
Not at the market's own price and rent. A typical property runs $103 short each month. It would need about $1,226 in rent to break even. Deals that work here are bought below market rather than at it, which is what the price ladder above is for.
How much do you need to buy a rental in Shreveport?
About $34,422 at 20% down plus 3% closing on a typical $149,661 property: one of the lower entry points among the 210 markets covered here.
Are rents going up in Shreveport?
Rents moved up 7.2% over the last year, measured across 5 ZIP codes. The typical market-rate rental sits at $1,099 a month.
Other Louisiana markets
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Estimates for analysis and educational use only: not financial, investment, tax, or legal advice. Verify every number independently before making a purchase decision.