{"id":9,"date":"2026-08-31T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/31\/us-existing-home-sales-edge-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:00:00","slug":"us-existing-home-sales-edge-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/31\/us-existing-home-sales-edge-up\/","title":{"rendered":"US Existing Home Sales Edge Up"},"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\/brandon-bowers\/what-did-existing-home-sales-look-like-in-july-2026-07f0\" 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>In Early-Q3, US existing-home sales slipped \u21931.7% MoM but still finished \u21910.7% yearly, showing completed transactions held slightly above prior summer&#039;s pace.<br \/>\nMedian existing-home prices reached $434.1K in Early-Q3, extending a 37-mo streak of yearly gains and giving many homeowners additional equity to monitor.<br \/>\nInventory ended Early-Q3 at 1.54M homes, \u21931.9% MoM and \u21930.6% yearly, a reminder for buyers to track listings closely in a still-tight market.<br \/>\nHousing affordability improved nationally even as prices rose, suggesting buyers who stay prepared can benefit when value, timing, and available choices start aligning.<br \/>\nMortgage costs averaged high-6% recently on a 30-yr fixed loan; any rate easing could further support buyers as the summer market continues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Early-Q3, US existing-home sales slipped \u21931.7% MoM but still finished \u21910.7% yearly, showing completed transactions held slightly above prior summer&#039;s pace. Median existing-home prices reached $434.1K in Early-Q3, extending a 37-mo streak of yearly gains and giving many homeowners additional equity to monitor. Inventory ended Early-Q3 at 1.54M homes, \u21931.9% MoM and \u21930.6% yearly, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}