{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/?p=23"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:00:00","slug":"u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/2026\/09\/30\/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\/tony-english\/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>After nearly three decades watching Laguna Niguel evolve\u2014and helping more than a thousand clients make smart moves along the way\u2014I\u2019ve learned that real estate is about adapting thoughtfully to change. Nationally, we\u2019re seeing the housing market rebalance at a measured pace: active inventory is up about 4% year-over-year, but that growth has started to cool, hinting at a gradual shift that favors buyers without any dramatic surge in homes for sale. Typical time on market is holding steady at 61 days, which lines up with the usual late-summer slowdown we expect after a busier stretch earlier this year. New listings have dipped by roughly 1% compared to last year, returning us to 2025 levels\u2014evidence that affordability remains on everyone\u2019s mind, keeping both buyers and sellers cautious about jumping into the market. The median listing price is now $419K (down about 1% year-over-year), and price per square foot has slipped to $222, its lowest point since early 2026. While inventory gains and higher mortgage rates are tilting the balance toward buyers, the overall pace is deliberate rather than dramatic. In times like these, the focus shouldn\u2019t be on chasing quick wins, but on making the right move for your unique situation\u2014because real estate is never one-size-fits-all.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly three decades watching Laguna Niguel evolve\u2014and helping more than a thousand clients make smart moves along the way\u2014I\u2019ve learned that real estate is about adapting thoughtfully to change. Nationally, we\u2019re seeing the housing market rebalance at a measured pace: active inventory is up about 4% year-over-year, but that growth has started to cool, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"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-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/25"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyenglish.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}