Is Your Shreveport Homeownership Dream Dead? What This Study Means for You

For anyone who wasn't lucky enough to afford a home when most people still could, the American Dream of owning your house feels like a distant memory. It's a common problem across the country, a national study recently dug into the data for different parts of the country to see why owning a home seems impossible in some places. The study makes Shreveport out to be a bad place for homeowners, but most locals would disagree.

The Shreveport Real-Estate Market: Is It Impossible?

Out of the 99 most popular mid-size cities in America, Shreveport is the 8th worst city for first-time home buyers (43rd worst out of 300 overall). The real estate market and affordability of Shreveport are average for most of the country, according to the study, so what makes it rank so low?

WalletHub says that Shreveport is a bad pick for hopeful homeowners because of Louisiana's low public school quality, the bad drivers, the job market, and the weather. The education, roads, weather, and work all came together in the study to rank Shreveport the 12th worst quality of life for homeowners.

Shreveport doesn't suffer from Louisiana's poor education as badly as other places. Most Caddo Parish schools have earned relatively good scores in recent years from state reports. The quality of life for homeowners in Shreveport isn't as drastic as the study makes it out to be.

Is The Shreveport Home Ownership Dream Dead?

Things like annoying drivers and unbearable weather are things we're already pretty used to here in the 318, so in reality, Shreveport might not be the first pick for a newcomer, but it serves as a great place for anyone with a bit of southern charm running through their veins.

Especially with an affordability that the study shows isn't too expensive, Shreveport makes a great place for homeowners who aren't afraid of a little heat. The average sale price for a house in Shreveport is $197,500, while some parts of the country go for over $1,000,000 regularly. So no, the dream of owning your own home in Shreveport isn't dead, it's quite alive.