{"id":17,"date":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/stanavukajlovicrealestateagent-com\/2026\/09\/13\/home-prices-rise-2-6-yoy-despite-expanding-inventory\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","slug":"home-prices-rise-2-6-yoy-despite-expanding-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/home-prices-rise-2-6-yoy-despite-expanding-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Prices Rise 2.6% YoY Despite Expanding Inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Even with inventory expanding by 4.4% in July, we\u2019re still seeing national home prices rise\u2014up 2.6% year-over-year, bringing the median to $400,000. Sales also increased by 2.9%. The growth isn\u2019t uniform: single-family homes saw a 2.5% bump, condos 2.3%, and townhomes 0.8%. Over my 20+ years helping families in the Western Suburbs, I\u2019ve learned that understanding the nuances behind these numbers\u2014whether it\u2019s recognizing true value or assessing quality construction\u2014makes all the difference. Market shifts like these highlight the importance of diligent preparation, careful analysis, and honest guidance when buying or selling a home.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink.mba.org\/mba-newslinks\/2026\/august\/\/home-prices-rise-2-6-yoy-despite-expanding-inventory-homes-com-finds\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with inventory expanding by 4.4% in July, we\u2019re still seeing national home prices rise\u2014up 2.6% year-over-year, bringing the median to $400,000. Sales also increased by 2.9%. The growth isn\u2019t uniform: single-family homes saw a 2.5% bump, condos 2.3%, and townhomes 0.8%. Over my 20+ years helping families in the Western Suburbs, I\u2019ve learned that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}