{"id":81,"date":"2026-09-23T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:00:00","slug":"u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Housing Market Rebalances Slowly"},"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\/weekly-housing-trends-us-market-update-week-ending-september-5-2026-remotion-videos-8d47\"\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>We&#039;re seeing a measured shift in the U.S. housing market\u2014active inventory is up about 4% year-over-year nationwide. While this growth has cooled for the first time in five weeks, it points to a steady, buyer-friendlier rebalancing, rather than any sudden spike in available homes. Properties are typically spending 61 days on the market, mirroring last year and reflecting the usual late-Q3 slowdown that follows a faster spring and early summer. New listings are down around 1% from last year, aligning with 2025 levels, as affordability concerns continue to make some buyers pause and keep some sellers from testing their pricing. The median listing price is now $419,000\u2014about 1% lower than a year ago\u2014and the median price per square foot has dipped to $222, its lowest since early Q1 of 2026. Inventory growth and higher mortgage rates are quietly tipping the balance toward buyers, but the pace remains gradual, not dramatic. As someone who works closely with bank-owned and distressed properties in the Seattle area, I watch these shifts carefully\u2014they often set the tone for local opportunities and challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#039;re seeing a measured shift in the U.S. housing market\u2014active inventory is up about 4% year-over-year nationwide. While this growth has cooled for the first time in five weeks, it points to a steady, buyer-friendlier rebalancing, rather than any sudden spike in available homes. Properties are typically spending 61 days on the market, mirroring last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","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\/81","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=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}