{"id":4,"date":"2026-08-30T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kathystockley-com\/2026\/08\/30\/home-price-growth-expected-to-slow-further\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:00:00","slug":"home-price-growth-expected-to-slow-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/30\/home-price-growth-expected-to-slow-further\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Price Growth Expected To Slow Further"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Looking ahead to 2026, we\u2019re anticipating a notable shift in the real estate landscape: home price appreciation is projected to slow to just 1.2%. At the same time, existing-home sales are expected to see a modest bump, reaching 4.10 million. Inventory growth is predicted at 3.6%, and the homeownership rate could climb to 65.1%. For those keeping an eye on rental trends, rents are forecasted to decline by 1.2%.<\/p>\n<p>After more than 35 years working with buyers and sellers throughout Oxford, Metamora, Lapeer, and neighboring Michigan communities, I know how important it is to keep clients informed about these kinds of market changes. Whether you\u2019re thinking about making a move or just want to stay up to date, my goal is always to make your real estate experience as smooth and stress-free as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalmortgageprofessional.com\/news\/home-price-growth-expected-slow-further-realtorcom\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking ahead to 2026, we\u2019re anticipating a notable shift in the real estate landscape: home price appreciation is projected to slow to just 1.2%. At the same time, existing-home sales are expected to see a modest bump, reaching 4.10 million. Inventory growth is predicted at 3.6%, and the homeownership rate could climb to 65.1%. For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","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\/4","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}