{"id":18,"date":"2026-09-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/rondaholderrealestate-com\/2026\/09\/21\/us-home-prices-face-real-value-erosion\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:00:00","slug":"us-home-prices-face-real-value-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/us-home-prices-face-real-value-erosion\/","title":{"rendered":"US Home Prices Face Real Value Erosion"},"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\/ronda-holder\/home-prices-erosion-remotion-videos-8a73\"\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>Over the years, I&#039;ve watched the market ebb and flow, but the current landscape offers a unique challenge: while US home prices continue to rise on paper, the real story is more nuanced. In Q2 2026, even as one major federal index remained flat month-over-month from mid- to late-Q2 (after seasonal adjustment), the national index reported annual appreciation close to 1.5% by late Q2\u2014an uptick from 1% in mid-Q2. However, with inflation hovering around 3.5%, that means home values have actually slipped in real terms for the 13th month in a row. The silver lining? Slower inflation and firmer price gains are beginning to ease the rate of value erosion. Since early 2012, one federal measure has never posted a negative year-over-year change, which underscores the ongoing strength of nominal prices, even as real value faces headwinds. For many first-time buyers, however, affordability continues to be a central concern as typical monthly payments on existing single-family homes rise. Having spent more than two decades guiding clients through shifting markets, I know that clear, honest insight is essential\u2014especially when headlines only tell part of the story. My commitment remains: to help you feel confident, informed, and supported, no matter where the market turns.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, I&#039;ve watched the market ebb and flow, but the current landscape offers a unique challenge: while US home prices continue to rise on paper, the real story is more nuanced. In Q2 2026, even as one major federal index remained flat month-over-month from mid- to late-Q2 (after seasonal adjustment), the national index [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":347,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rondaholderrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}