Cameron Parish (LA) Investor Pulse Report (2026-Q1)

In Cameron Parish, investors hold a significant 27.0% of the single-family residential market, totaling 450 properties out of 1,668 total SFRs.

Individual investors are the primary force in the local market, owning 348 properties, which accounts for 77.3% of the investor-owned portfolio. Company investors hold the remaining 107 properties, or 23.8%.

The market is defined by all-cash ownership, as 100% of the 450 investor-owned properties were acquired without financing. This indicates a well-capitalized investor base that is not reliant on leverage.

A total of 533 landlords operate in the parish, with 469 being individuals and 64 registered as companies. This 7-to-1 ratio of individual to company landlords further underscores the small-scale nature of real estate investing in the area.

The portfolio is heavily geared towards rentals, with 445 of the 450 properties (98.9%) being non-owner-occupied. This highlights a clear strategy focused on generating rental income rather than short-term speculation.

Analysis of acquisition pricing is not possible for Cameron Parish due to a complete lack of recorded landlord or traditional homeowner transactions in the recent quarter.

The only historical pricing data available shows an average acquisition price of $215,238 between 2020-2023, but this is based on zero properties, indicating it is likely a market-wide average from a period with low-volume activity.

The absence of sales activity prevents any comparison of a potential price gap between landlords and traditional homeowners, a common metric for assessing investor purchasing power.

Without transaction data, it is impossible to determine price appreciation or depreciation trends from the pandemic era (2020-2023) to the present.

The lack of market liquidity is the most significant finding, pointing to a stable, buy-and-hold environment rather than an active, transactional market.

Investor purchasing activity in Cameron Parish was nonexistent in Q4 2025, with landlords acquiring zero properties.

This lack of activity was market-wide, as the total number of SFR purchases from any buyer type was also zero for the quarter. Consequently, the landlord market share of purchases was 0.0%.

No new landlords entered the market, as the single-property (Tier 01) category saw no new acquisitions.

Activity was uniformly absent across all investor sizes. Mom-and-pop landlords (1-10 properties) and institutional investors (1000+ properties) both recorded zero purchases.

The complete halt in acquisitions signals a period of extreme market inactivity and stability, with no new inventory being added to investor portfolios.

The investor landscape in Cameron Parish is overwhelmingly dominated by small-scale operators. Mom-and-pop landlords, who own between 1 and 10 properties, control a combined 91.3% of the investor-owned SFR housing stock.

First-time or single-holding investors are the bedrock of the market, with the '1 property' tier alone accounting for 349 properties, or 75.5% of the total investor portfolio.

Mid-size landlords are a small fraction of the market. Investors holding 11-50 properties own a combined 40 properties, representing just 8.7% of the total.

There is no institutional investor footprint in Cameron Parish. The 1000+ property tier holds 0.0% of the market, reinforcing the local, small-scale character of SFR ownership.

The distribution is heavily skewed towards the smallest investors, with those owning 1-5 properties controlling 87.6% of the portfolio (349 in Tier 1, 32 in Tier 2, and 24 in Tier 3-5).

While individual investors dominate the overall market, a striking pattern emerges within specific tiers. Companies take near-total control of the 6-10 property portfolio tier, owning 16 of the 17 properties (94.1%).

This tier represents the distinct crossover point where ownership strategy shifts from individual to corporate. In all smaller tiers (1, 2, and 3-5 properties), individuals maintain a strong majority, holding over 75% of properties in each.

In the largest active tier (11-20 properties), ownership reverts to individual majority, with individuals holding 8 of the 10 properties (80.0%).

The single-property tier shows the highest concentration of individual ownership, with individuals holding 305 of 349 properties (86.9%).

This data suggests a specific strategy where investors formalize under a company structure once their portfolio reaches the 6-10 property range, before this trend diffuses in the small collection of larger portfolios.

Investor activity in Cameron Parish is geographically concentrated, with the 70607 zip code holding the largest number of investor-owned SFRs at 144 properties.

However, the highest rate of investor penetration occurs in the 70542 zip code, where investors own 42.6% of the 94 total SFR properties.

The top three zip codes by investor ownership rate are 70542 (42.6%), 70631 (40.6%), and 70632 (39.5%), all of which show landlords owning over a third of the local housing stock.

A clear distinction exists between areas with the highest raw count of investor properties and those with the highest percentage. The top area by count (70607) has a relatively moderate ownership rate of 19.2%.

This pattern indicates different market dynamics across the parish, with some areas having a large but diluted investor presence and others being small but heavily saturated with investor ownership.

The historical transaction log for Cameron Parish shows a complete absence of buying or selling activity among landlords, making it impossible to determine a net position.

With zero properties bought and zero sold, the buy/sell ratio is undefined. This points to an extremely stable, non-transactional rental market where landlords hold assets long-term.

There is no evidence of inter-landlord trading, as the percentage of properties bought from or sold to other landlords is 0%.

Similarly, institutional investors (1000+ tier) have no transaction history in the area, reflecting their 0.0% ownership share.

This lack of liquidity and transactional velocity is the defining characteristic of the parish's investor market, suggesting that property ownership is for long-term rental income, not capital gains through frequent sales.

In Q4 2025, landlords were involved in 0.0% of the total 0 SFR transactions in Cameron Parish, reflecting a market that was entirely inactive.

Transaction volume was zero across all investor tiers. Mom-and-pop landlords (Tiers 01-04) and institutional investors (Tier 09) both recorded zero transactions for the quarter.

Due to the lack of activity, average purchase prices for all tiers were $0, and no analysis of pricing strategies between different-sized investors is possible.

Inter-landlord trading was also nonexistent, with 0% of transactions originating from other landlords.

The data from this quarter paints a picture of a dormant market, with no properties changing hands among investors or between investors and other market participants.