Baton Rouge, LA 70817 Housing Market

• Active listings
  82
  currently for sale
• Pending sales
  8
  under contract
• Median asking price
  $340,995
  current listings
• Listing age
  82 days
  median time Resideline has been seeing the current listings
• Closed sales tracked (6 mo)
  242
  a tracked sample, not a market total
• Median sold price
  $312,000
  last 6 months
• Middle half of sold prices
  $260k to $430k
  25th to 75th percentile

What the numbers say

As of October 5, 2026, Resideline is tracking 82 active listings and 8 pending sales in ZIP code 70817. That pending-to-active ratio of 0.10 points to a balanced market: buyers have room to compare options and negotiate.

The median asking price of current listings is $340,995, while the median of the 242 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months was $312,000. Those two figures describe different sets of homes, so any gap between them reflects the mix of what is listed now versus what recently sold, not a negotiating discount. Resideline has been seeing the median active listing in 70817 for 82 days.

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