{"id":6,"date":"2026-07-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/?p=6"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:00:00","slug":"u-s-2026-housing-forecast-midyear-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/u-s-2026-housing-forecast-midyear-update\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. 2026 Housing Forecast: Midyear Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/douglas-converse\/realtorcom-2026-housing-forecast-midyear-update-sales-edge-modestly-higher-as-affordabilit-remotion-videos-b817\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A resilient US economy kept inflation pressure elevated, leaving mortgage rate forecasts near the low-6% range as unemployment stayed in the low-4% range.<br \/>\nExisting-home sales were expected to reach ~4.1M in 2026, with yearly growth improving later in the year as first-time buyer participation increased to ~35%.<br \/>\nHome price growth cooled to ~1% for 2026, while typical monthly mortgage payments were expected to run ~2% below the prior year.<br \/>\nSellers reset expectations, trimming asking prices upfront and cutting less often, while homes still sold at nearly 97% of original list price, supporting deal flow.<br \/>\nRents were expected to keep easing through 2026 as multifamily supply added relief, though that path depended on construction keeping pace with growing demand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A resilient US economy kept inflation pressure elevated, leaving mortgage rate forecasts near the low-6% range as unemployment stayed in the low-4% range. Existing-home sales were expected to reach ~4.1M in 2026, with yearly growth improving later in the year as first-time buyer participation increased to ~35%. Home price growth cooled to ~1% for 2026, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}