{"id":16,"date":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kathystockley-com\/2026\/09\/12\/home-sales-on-the-rise-but-momentum-may-be-fading\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T13:00:00","slug":"home-sales-on-the-rise-but-momentum-may-be-fading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/12\/home-sales-on-the-rise-but-momentum-may-be-fading\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Sales on the Rise, but Momentum May Be Fading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s always important to keep an eye on the local market trends\u2014July brought a 7% increase in home sales, with average home values rising 1.1% to $371,757. We\u2019re seeing inventory tick up to 1.41 million homes, which can offer more options for those looking in the Oxford, Lapeer, or Lake Orion areas. Mortgage payments dipped slightly by 0.9%, though that may not last long. The median days to pending rose to 25, and 27.1% of listings had price reductions\u2014signs that the pace may be shifting. With 35+ years of guiding buyers and sellers through changing markets in our communities, I know how to help you navigate these shifts smoothly and make informed decisions at every stage.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/themortgagepoint.com\/2026\/08\/06\/sales-surge-7-in-july-but-leading-indicators-portend-a-slower-second-half\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s always important to keep an eye on the local market trends\u2014July brought a 7% increase in home sales, with average home values rising 1.1% to $371,757. We\u2019re seeing inventory tick up to 1.41 million homes, which can offer more options for those looking in the Oxford, Lapeer, or Lake Orion areas. Mortgage payments dipped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}