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Alexandria, LA metro: mortgages and home buyers

2025 home-purchase and refinance statistics for the 2-county Alexandria, LA area (OMB code 10780), from official HMDA records.

In 2025, lenders reported 844 home-purchase mortgages for owner-occupied, single-family homes in the Alexandria, LA metro area. The median buyer borrowed $205,000 on a home valued at $225,000 and reported a household income of $85,000.

Buyers financed a median 96.5% of the home's value (roughly 3.5% down), paid a median 6.50% on 30-year fixed conventional loans and faced median conventional loan costs of $3,900.

Lenders denied 12.6% of completed home-purchase applications.

Purchase loans

844

2 counties

Buyer income

$85,000

U.S. $116,000

Loan amount

$205,000

U.S. $335,000

Down payment

3.5%

U.S. 10%

30-yr fixed rate

6.50%

U.S. 6.625%

Denial rate

12.6%

Purchase · U.S. 8.5%

Key facts

Home buyers' median income ($85,000) is 27% lower than the U.S. median ($116,000).
The median 30-year fixed conventional rate here was 13 basis points below the U.S. median (6.625%).
Median conventional loan costs ($3,900) were 30% lower than the U.S. median ($5,570).
FHA loans made up 38.2% of purchase mortgages, versus 21.1% nationally.
VA loans were unusually common: 18.5% of purchase mortgages.
USDA rural loans financed 7.6% of purchases.
19.3% of buyers put at least 20% down (financed 80% or less), compared with 38.5% nationally.
10.2% of first-lien purchase mortgages were for investment properties.
17.7% of single-family purchase mortgages financed manufactured homes.
The most common age bracket among borrowers was 25–34 (33.1% of purchase loans).
60.4% of purchase mortgages had a single borrower with no co-applicant.
The most-cited reason for denial was credit history (38.7% of denials with a stated reason).

Counties in the metro area

County	Purchase loans	Median loan	Buyer income	30-yr rate	Loan costs	Conforming limit	FHA limit
Rapides Parish, LA	754	$215,000	$86,000	6.500%	$3,890	$832,750	$541,287
Grant Parish, LA	90	$175,000	$75,000	—	—	$832,750	$541,287

Who bought homes in Alexandria

Home-purchase mortgages for owner-occupied, single-family (1–4 unit) site-built homes, first liens, originated in 2025.

Purchase loans

844

of 1,012 applications

Buyer income

$85,000

Middle half $58,000–$122,000

Home value

$225,000

Middle half $165,000–$305,000

Loan amount

$205,000

Middle half $155,000–$285,000

Down payment

3.5%

19.3% put 20%+ down

Single borrower

60.4%

No co-applicant

Values are medians; "middle half" is the 25th to 75th percentile.

Loan type

Conventional 35.8% 302

FHA 38.2% 322

VA 18.5% 156

USDA 7.6% 64

What the homes were for

Primary residence 89.1% 1,026

Second home 0.8% 9

Investment property 10.2% 117

All first-lien, closed-end purchase mortgages, including second homes and investors.

Borrower age

Under 25 10.0%

25–34 33.1%

35–44 23.5%

45–54 14.3%

55–64 10.3%

65–74 6.9%

75 and over 2.0%

Debt-to-income ratio

Under 20% 3.6%

20–29% 17.2%

30–35% 17.9%

36–42% 24.4%

43–49% 24.0%

50–60% 12.5%

Over 60% 0.4%

Monthly debts (including the new payment) as a share of income, as used in underwriting.

What borrowing cost in Alexandria

Medians for 2025 home-purchase loans. Total loan costs are section D of the Loan Estimate/Closing Disclosure (lender and third-party loan charges, excluding taxes, prepaids and escrow). FHA and VA costs include the upfront mortgage insurance premium or VA funding fee, so compare like with like.

Measure	Alexandria	U.S.
30-year fixed rate · conventional	6.500%	6.625%
30-year fixed rate · FHA	6.250%	6.250%
30-year fixed rate · VA	6.375%	6.125%
15-year fixed rate · conventional	—	5.875%
Rate spread vs. APOR · conventional	+0.08 pts	+0.13 pts
Total loan costs · conventional	$3,900	$5,570
Total loan costs · FHA	$8,150	$11,310
Total loan costs · VA	$4,510	$6,490
Origination charges (all loan types)	$1,390	$1,860
Borrowers paying discount points	47.8%	51.3%
Points paid, when paid (% of loan)	0.75%	0.87%
Borrowers receiving lender credits	32.0%	33.1%
Adjustable-rate mortgages	1.2%	7.4%
Jumbo loans (above conforming limit)	0.2%	3.8%

Medians are shown only when at least 30 loans report the field. Rates are those reported at closing; market rates changed during 2025, which the rate spread (APR minus the average prime offer rate on the lock date) adjusts for.

Approvals and denials

Alexandria: 127 of 1,012 completed home-purchase applications were denied (12.6%).

Denial rate

Application	Alexandria	U.S.
Home purchase	12.6%	8.5%
Conventional	13.2%	7.1%
FHA	14.9%	12.5%
VA	8.2%	8.0%
USDA	7.0%	12.5%
Refinance	13.8%	17.9%
Cash-out refinance	43.9%	33.6%

Main reason for purchase denials

Credit history 38.7%

Debt-to-income ratio 34.5%

Collateral (appraisal/property) 7.6%

Insufficient cash (down payment/closing costs) 5.0%

Credit application incomplete 5.0%

Unverifiable information 3.4%

Other 3.4%

Employment history 2.5%

First reason the lender reported.

Denial rate = denied ÷ (originated + approved but not accepted + denied). Withdrawn and incomplete applications are excluded. Differences between places reflect who applies, not only lender behavior.

Refinancing in Alexandria

Refinances

258

Median loan $225,000

Refi rate

6.25%

30-yr fixed, conv.

Refi loan costs

$3,290

Conventional

Cash-out refis

158

Median loan $155,000

Cash-out rate

6.875%

30-yr fixed, conv.

Cash-out income

$76,000

Median borrower

Source: FFIEC/CFPB HMDA 2025 public LAR (derived MSA/MD); OMB July 2023 delineations via the U.S. Census Bureau. Methodology