{"id":33,"date":"2026-09-28T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/sandraventrerichards-com\/2026\/09\/28\/u-s-home-prices-ease-across-major-metros\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:00:00","slug":"u-s-home-prices-ease-across-major-metros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/u-s-home-prices-ease-across-major-metros\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Home Prices Ease Across Major Metros"},"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\/home-prices-fall-in-most-major-us-cities-as-housing-market-cools-see-where-remotion-videos-b042\" 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>It\u2019s been a season of shifting tides in the housing market, with price per square foot dropping year-over-year in 36 out of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas by mid-third quarter. Nationwide, we\u2019ve seen that average price per square foot is down about 2% from last year\u2014the tenth consecutive month this national figure has softened. As Q3 wound down, momentum slowed further, with many sellers opting to adjust their asking prices more aggressively to meet buyers where they are. High mortgage rates continue to test affordability, especially in those markets that saw rapid gains during the pandemic. In many of these boom-era regions, we\u2019re witnessing a partial return of those pandemic price spikes, in part because inventory is now above pre-pandemic levels. Having spent decades navigating changing markets\u2014from Lake Tahoe\u2019s seasonal shifts to national trends\u2014I know how important it is to stay focused and nimble, whether you\u2019re buying, selling, or just keeping an eye on these evolving dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a season of shifting tides in the housing market, with price per square foot dropping year-over-year in 36 out of the 50 largest U.S. metro areas by mid-third quarter. Nationwide, we\u2019ve seen that average price per square foot is down about 2% from last year\u2014the tenth consecutive month this national figure has softened. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","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\/33","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=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sandraventrerichards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}