{"id":4,"date":"2026-08-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/jerrymarbury-com\/2026\/08\/31\/us-buyers-gain-as-price-growth-cools\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:00:00","slug":"us-buyers-gain-as-price-growth-cools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/31\/us-buyers-gain-as-price-growth-cools\/","title":{"rendered":"US Buyers Gain as Price Growth Cools"},"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\/jerry-andre-a-marbury\/home-price-forecast-ea06\"\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>US home price growth is now forecast near 1% in 2026, below expected inflation, giving buyers improving affordability as housing costs shrink in real terms.<br \/>\nExisting-home sales outlook eased to 4.1M for 2026, yet still points to ~1% yearly growth as mortgage rates stay ~6% and activity builds later.<br \/>\nRental prices are still expected to fall in 2026 as multifamily supply adds relief, though construction slowing before demand catches up could stall it.<br \/>\nSellers adjusted earlier with more realistic asking prices, creating fewer later reductions, more buyer negotiating power, and projected monthly payments ~2% below yearly levels.<br \/>\nA second-half wildcard is the growth of private off-market listings, which could reduce visibility, buyer competition, and clarity around fair pricing for everyone.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US home price growth is now forecast near 1% in 2026, below expected inflation, giving buyers improving affordability as housing costs shrink in real terms. Existing-home sales outlook eased to 4.1M for 2026, yet still points to ~1% yearly growth as mortgage rates stay ~6% and activity builds later. Rental prices are still expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":34,"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-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}