{"id":57,"date":"2026-10-09T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2026-10-09T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:00:00","slug":"us-home-prices-hold-below-long-term-average-for-17th-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/us-home-prices-hold-below-long-term-average-for-17th-month\/","title":{"rendered":"US home prices hold below long-term average for 17th month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>For the 17th month in a row, US home prices remain below their long-term average. With higher mortgage rates and the lock-in effect shaping today\u2019s housing market, both supply and demand are feeling the squeeze. That\u2019s led to a modest monthly price growth of just 0.2%. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, prices are still up by 80% overall\u2014though we\u2019re seeing stronger gains in the Northeast and Midwest, while Sun Belt and Western markets have pulled back. As always, my focus is on making sense of these trends for you\u2014let\u2019s get you home, no matter where the numbers land.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/us\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/us-home-prices-hold-below-long-term-average-for-17th-month\/591441\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 17th month in a row, US home prices remain below their long-term average. With higher mortgage rates and the lock-in effect shaping today\u2019s housing market, both supply and demand are feeling the squeeze. That\u2019s led to a modest monthly price growth of just 0.2%. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, prices are still up by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":231,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","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\/57","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=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lorielayman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}