{"id":9847,"date":"2026-08-10T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/?p=9847"},"modified":"2026-08-10T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T20:00:00","slug":"u-s-2026-housing-forecast-midyear-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/u-s-2026-housing-forecast-midyear-update\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. 2026 Housing Forecast: Midyear Update"},"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\/lisa-miller-2\/realtorcom-2026-housing-forecast-midyear-update-sales-edge-modestly-higher-as-affordabilit-remotion-videos-b817\"\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>A resilient US economy kept inflation pressure elevated, leaving mortgage rate forecasts near the low-6% range as unemployment stayed in the low-4% range.<br \/>\nExisting-home sales were expected to reach ~4.1M in 2026, with yearly growth improving later in the year as first-time buyer participation increased to ~35%.<br \/>\nHome price growth cooled to ~1% for 2026, while typical monthly mortgage payments were expected to run ~2% below the prior year.<br \/>\nSellers reset expectations, trimming asking prices upfront and cutting less often, while homes still sold at nearly 97% of original list price, supporting deal flow.<br \/>\nRents were expected to keep easing through 2026 as multifamily supply added relief, though that path depended on construction keeping pace with growing demand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A resilient US economy kept inflation pressure elevated, leaving mortgage rate forecasts near the low-6% range as unemployment stayed in the low-4% range. Existing-home sales were expected to reach ~4.1M in 2026, with yearly growth improving later in the year as first-time buyer participation increased to ~35%. Home price growth cooled to ~1% for 2026, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2yP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9447,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/geopolitical-jitters-sticky-inflation-push-mortgage-rates-higher-in-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":9847,"position":0},"title":"Geopolitical Jitters &#038; Sticky Inflation Push Mortgage Rates Higher in 2026","author":"admin","date":"April 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Average 30-year fixed rates expected 6.22%\u20136.50%, driven by geopolitical conflict and inflation at 2.7%. 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