{"id":63,"date":"2026-10-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T10:00:00","slug":"u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/01\/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\/michael-tran-1\/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>The U.S. housing market is showing continued, if gradual, signs of rebalancing\u2014an important trend we\u2019re tracking closely for our clients here in Orange County and beyond. Active inventory has increased by about 4% year-over-year nationwide, though this pace of growth has cooled for the first time in over a month. For buyers, this means a more balanced environment is developing, but without any sudden surges in available homes.<\/p>\n<p>Homes are averaging 61 days on the market\u2014unchanged from last year and consistent with the typical late-third-quarter slowdown we expect after a brisker start to 2026. New listings have dipped slightly, down around 1% year-over-year, bringing us back to 2025 levels. This is a reflection of ongoing affordability challenges that are prompting both buyers and sellers to move thoughtfully.<\/p>\n<p>The median listing price now sits at $419,000 (down about 1% from last year), and the price-per-square-foot has edged lower to $222\u2014the lowest we\u2019ve seen since early 2026. These shifts, combined with steady inventory gains and higher mortgage rates, are slowly tilting the market toward buyers, even though change is happening at a measured pace rather than all at once.<\/p>\n<p>With our proprietary systems, we help sellers, buyers, and investors adapt to these evolving conditions\u2014ensuring your approach is as strategic and results-driven as the market demands.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. housing market is showing continued, if gradual, signs of rebalancing\u2014an important trend we\u2019re tracking closely for our clients here in Orange County and beyond. Active inventory has increased by about 4% year-over-year nationwide, though this pace of growth has cooled for the first time in over a month. For buyers, this means a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandalayocrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}