{"id":54,"date":"2026-10-08T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:00:00","slug":"us-home-prices-what-the-median-misses-lets-get-you-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/us-home-prices-what-the-median-misses-lets-get-you-home\/","title":{"rendered":"US Home Prices: What the Median Misses | Let&#8217;s get you home!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/lorie-j-layman-1811591\/new-existing-prices-remotion-videos-1523\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Median home prices often hide the real story. In Q2 2026, the US median price for a new single-family home was $410,700, while existing homes averaged $435,700\u2014a $25,000 gap, the widest we&#039;ve seen in recent years. This separation actually began back in Q2 2024, when existing-home prices first overtook new builds. Many homeowners held onto their pandemic-era low rates, keeping inventory tight, while builders responded with smaller lots, more compact homes, and buyer incentives to stay competitive. Of course, this national gap doesn&#039;t reflect every market\u2014regional trends, home styles, lot sizes, and higher construction costs all come into play. By Q2 2026, new-home prices dipped about 1% year-over-year, while existing-home prices still managed a modest 2% rise after twelve quarters of growth. The numbers matter, but so does understanding what\u2019s behind them. Let&#039;s get you home.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Median home prices often hide the real story. In Q2 2026, the US median price for a new single-family home was $410,700, while existing homes averaged $435,700\u2014a $25,000 gap, the widest we&#039;ve seen in recent years. This separation actually began back in Q2 2024, when existing-home prices first overtook new builds. Many homeowners held onto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}