{"id":24,"date":"2026-09-21T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kathystockley-com\/2026\/09\/21\/us-home-prices-face-real-value-erosion\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:00:00","slug":"us-home-prices-face-real-value-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/us-home-prices-face-real-value-erosion\/","title":{"rendered":"US Home Prices Face Real Value Erosion"},"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\/kathy-blevins-stockley\/home-prices-erosion-remotion-videos-8a73\"\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>With over 35 years of guiding clients through every shift in the market, I always keep an eye on the true story behind the headlines. While US home prices continued to climb in Q2 2026, one key federal index actually stayed flat from mid- to late-quarter after adjustments for seasonality. Nationally, yearly home value appreciation edged up to around 1.5% in late Q2, a touch higher than the previous quarter\u2019s 1%, but still about 2 points below the current inflation rate of 3.5%. That means, even as nominal prices have shown resilience\u2014one federal measure has delivered positive annual gains every quarter since early 2012\u2014real home values have now slipped for a thirteenth consecutive month. Softer inflation and stronger price growth have slowed this trend, but affordability remains front and center, especially for first-time buyers facing rising monthly payments on existing single-family homes. Navigating these nuances is something I\u2019ve helped hundreds of buyers and sellers manage through the years, always aiming to keep your experience as smooth and informed as possible.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 35 years of guiding clients through every shift in the market, I always keep an eye on the true story behind the headlines. While US home prices continued to climb in Q2 2026, one key federal index actually stayed flat from mid- to late-quarter after adjustments for seasonality. Nationally, yearly home value appreciation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","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\/24","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=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}