HPI (2025)FHFA
211
Metro Series · South · Rank #46
Home Price History in New Orleans
FHFA all-transactions House Price Index for the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan statistical area — annual data, 1975 through 2025, rebased to 100 in the year 2000.
YoY changeFHFA
+0.9%
5-yr changeFHFA
+17%
Since 2000FHFA
+111%
The New Orleans metropolitan area has FHFA House Price Index data running from 1975 through 2025. The index, rebased to 100 in the year 2000, stood at 31.9 in 1975 and 211.4 in 2025. Cumulative nominal appreciation since 2000: +111.4%.
The 2007–2011 housing crisis cut the New Orleans HPI by 9.2% peak-to-trough — from 149.4 in 2007 to 135.6 in 2011. For context, the U.S. national HPI fell roughly 24% over the same period, so New Orleans was meaningfully less affected than the national average.
The pandemic-era surge brought the New Orleans HPI from 174.8 in 2019 to 212.3 in 2022 — a cumulative +21.4% move in 3 years. Compared to the U.S. national HPI's roughly 50% gain over the same period, New Orleans appreciated slower than the national rate.
Located in the South region of the United States, New Orleans is one of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas by population. Long-run housing appreciation in New Orleans reflects a combination of regional employment trends, in-migration patterns, and local supply constraints. The full year-by-year FHFA HPI for New Orleans is in the data table below.
To compare New Orleans to the national U.S. housing market, see the national median price history dashboard. Other metros in the South region: see the full metro index. For state-level data, see the state index.
Annual data — New Orleans
FHFA House Price Index, 2000=100. Annual data; not seasonally adjusted. Source: U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency.
| Year | HPI (2000=100) | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 211.44 | +0.92% |
| 2024 | 209.51 | -0.79% |
| 2023 | 211.18 | -0.55% |
| 2022 | 212.34 | +10.14% |
| 2021 | 192.79 | +6.80% |
| 2020 | 180.52 | +3.25% |
| 2019 | 174.84 | +3.68% |
| 2018 | 168.64 | +2.95% |
| 2017 | 163.81 | +2.78% |
| 2016 | 159.38 | +5.27% |
| 2015 | 151.40 | +5.16% |
| 2014 | 143.97 | +3.04% |
| 2013 | 139.72 | +2.19% |
| 2012 | 136.73 | +0.81% |
| 2011 | 135.63 | -0.90% |
| 2010 | 136.86 | -3.23% |
| 2009 | 141.43 | -3.19% |
| 2008 | 146.09 | -2.25% |
| 2007 | 149.45 | +2.88% |
| 2006 | 145.27 | +10.23% |
| 2005 | 131.79 | +7.50% |
| 2004 | 122.60 | +7.28% |
| 2003 | 114.28 | +4.17% |
| 2002 | 109.71 | +3.80% |
| 2001 | 105.69 | +5.69% |
| 2000 | 100.00 | +5.63% |
| 1999 | 94.67 | +4.67% |
| 1998 | 90.45 | +5.24% |
| 1997 | 85.95 | +5.45% |
| 1996 | 81.51 | +6.34% |
| 1995 | 76.65 | +4.60% |
| 1994 | 73.28 | +5.65% |
| 1993 | 69.36 | +4.49% |
| 1992 | 66.38 | +5.84% |
| 1991 | 62.72 | +0.69% |
| 1990 | 62.29 | +0.42% |
| 1989 | 62.03 | -0.51% |
| 1988 | 62.35 | -5.43% |
| 1987 | 65.93 | -3.47% |
| 1986 | 68.30 | +0.65% |
| 1985 | 67.86 | -3.39% |
| 1984 | 70.24 | +4.91% |
| 1983 | 66.95 | +1.56% |
| 1982 | 65.92 | +0.38% |
| 1981 | 65.67 | +9.58% |
| 1980 | 59.93 | +9.44% |
| 1979 | 54.76 | +23.00% |
| 1978 | 44.52 | +17.75% |
| 1977 | 37.81 | +8.71% |
| 1976 | 34.78 | +9.06% |
| 1975 | 31.89 | — |
Methodology
The FHFA House Price Index is a weighted, repeat-sales index that measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same single-family properties. The all-transactions index incorporates both purchase mortgages and refinance appraisals; the index is calibrated to the South census region and rebased to 100 in the year 2000. Coverage begins in 1975 for New Orleans.