{"id":29,"date":"2026-09-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kelvinsmith-net\/2026\/09\/25\/home-prices-rise-2-6-yoy-despite-expanding-inventory\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T09:00:00","slug":"home-prices-rise-2-6-yoy-despite-expanding-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/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>July\u2019s numbers are in: national home prices climbed 2.6% year-over-year, reaching a median of $400,000. Even as inventory grew by 4.4% and home sales rose 2.9%, prices continued their steady upward trend. Price growth looks a little different depending on the property\u2014single-family homes saw a 2.5% increase, condos 2.3%, and townhomes 0.8%.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who\u2019s spent decades guiding clients through real estate and mortgage decisions across Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida, I know how these shifts can impact your plans\u2014whether you\u2019re buying, selling, or investing. My dual expertise in both real estate and lending means I approach every transaction with a clear perspective and a commitment to making the process as straightforward as possible. A changing market can create questions, but with the right guidance and honest, personal attention, there\u2019s always a path forward.<\/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>July\u2019s numbers are in: national home prices climbed 2.6% year-over-year, reaching a median of $400,000. Even as inventory grew by 4.4% and home sales rose 2.9%, prices continued their steady upward trend. Price growth looks a little different depending on the property\u2014single-family homes saw a 2.5% increase, condos 2.3%, and townhomes 0.8%. As someone who\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinsmith.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}