{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-23T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/sandraventrerichards-com\/2026\/09\/23\/u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:00:00","slug":"u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/23\/u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Housing Market Rebalances Slowly"},"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\/sandra-ventre-richards-1915220\/weekly-housing-trends-us-market-update-week-ending-september-5-2026-remotion-videos-8d47\" 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>Watching the U.S. housing market shift is always a lesson in patience and timing\u2014a bit like waiting out a Tahoe storm before bluebird skies return. Right now, active inventory is up about 4% year over year across the nation, though that growth has slowed for the first time in five weeks. For buyers, this hints at a gentle rebalancing\u2014opportunity without a sudden flood of new listings. Homes are spending an average of 61 days on the market, steady compared to last year and reflecting the usual late-Q3 pace after a brisker spring and early summer. New listings are down about 1% yearly, nearly matching 2025 levels, as affordability remains top-of-mind for many\u2014some buyers are holding back, and some sellers are weighing the risks of jumping in. The median listing price sits at $419,000 (down roughly 1% year over year), and price per square foot has edged down to $222, its lowest since early 2026. These subtle changes, along with higher mortgage rates, are nudging conditions toward buyers, but the national market still feels more like a slow drift than a sudden turn. My decades in Tahoe real estate have taught me that understanding these undercurrents is key\u2014whether you\u2019re buying, selling, or simply keeping an eye on the big picture.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching the U.S. housing market shift is always a lesson in patience and timing\u2014a bit like waiting out a Tahoe storm before bluebird skies return. Right now, active inventory is up about 4% year over year across the nation, though that growth has slowed for the first time in five weeks. For buyers, this hints [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}