Iberville Parish presents a verification-first acquisition question. Zillow’s county median home value was $177,027 in 2026-06, up 0.68% year over year; the FHFA repeat-transaction HPI rose 6.61% in 2025. Both point upward, but their vintages and methods differ: FHFA is an index, not a home value, and cannot be blended with Zillow into one appreciation rate. Buyers able to underwrite individual assets should investigate; cautious underwriting is warranted because listing conditions and operating-income evidence do not establish an entry-price-to-rent case.
Housing economics remain incomplete. No county market asking rent is published, so gross yield cannot be computed. HUD’s two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard, not a market-rent substitute. The 0.32% effective property-tax rate informs carrying-cost review but should not be applied mechanically to the Zillow median value. Parcel assessments, exemptions and actual tax bills are needed; this record cannot test rent coverage or a rent-to-price relationship.
Realtor.com’s 2026-06 MLS listing market looks negotiable rather than conclusive demand evidence: median marketing time was 80 days, and 18.77% of listings carried price reductions. These are MLS asking-market measures of marketing time and seller concessions, not closed-sale prices or buyer-demand proof. Tax-return migration shows net outflow of 36 households, with incoming movers’ average AGI $889 below outgoing movers’; these records do not establish tenant demand. Investor mortgages represented 9.27% of 248 purchases, some non-owner participation rather than control. QCEW’s 2025 covered workplace employment declined 0.46%; Manufacturing accounted for 39.63% of disclosed private covered jobs, a concentration relevant to local exposure rather than the whole economy.
Hurricane is the dominant hazard, and modeled annual climate loss equals 0.32% of building value; it is a modeled exposure, not a quoted insurance cost or realized loss. Parcel flood characteristics, hurricane and flood insurance quotes, deductibles, elevation, condition, financing terms, and closed-sale comparables are not published. Those omissions prevent a property-level resilience cost, all-in basis, cash-flow, or exit-price conclusion. The next checks are market-rent verification, signed-lease evidence, parcel taxes, insurance and hazard inspection, and closed-sales review.