{"id":77,"date":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","slug":"this-housing-market-is-running-out-of-homes-its-twin-is-drowning-in-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/this-housing-market-is-running-out-of-homes-its-twin-is-drowning-in-them\/","title":{"rendered":"This housing market is running out of homes. Its twin is drowning in them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>There\u2019s a striking contrast playing out in the housing market right now\u2014one that hits close to home here in Seattle. In San Francisco, fueled by an influx of AI-driven wealth, home sales climbed 9%, prices jumped 6% to a staggering $1.6M, and luxury transactions soared by 46%. Meanwhile, inventory there tightened by 18%, making it a real sellers\u2019 arena. Seattle, on the other hand, is experiencing the opposite: home sales are down 9%, prices have slipped 4% to $809K, and listings are up 17%. Pending sales have dropped 15.6%. For those navigating our region\u2019s market\u2014especially in the realm of distressed and bank-owned properties, where I focus my expertise\u2014understanding these shifts is essential. The data underscores just how local real estate truly is, and why a nuanced strategy makes all the difference.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/us\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/this-housing-market-is-running-out-of-homes-its-twin-is-drowning-in-them\/588410\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a striking contrast playing out in the housing market right now\u2014one that hits close to home here in Seattle. In San Francisco, fueled by an influx of AI-driven wealth, home sales climbed 9%, prices jumped 6% to a staggering $1.6M, and luxury transactions soared by 46%. Meanwhile, inventory there tightened by 18%, making it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","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\/77","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=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}