{"id":122,"date":"2026-10-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2026-10-22T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:00:00","slug":"u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly-the-495-and-metrowest-real-estate-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/22\/u-s-housing-market-rebalances-slowly-the-495-and-metrowest-real-estate-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Housing Market Rebalances Slowly | The 495 and Metrowest Real Estate Advisor"},"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\/mark-mcgowan\/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 continuing its gradual rebalancing, with active inventory up about 4% year-over-year nationwide. This uptick is meaningful, even as growth slowed for the first time in five weeks\u2014a signal that supply is still expanding, but without the kind of sudden spike that could unsettle buyers or sellers. On average, homes spent 61 days on the market, mirroring last year and echoing the typical late-Q3 slowdown that often follows a brisker spring and summer.<\/p>\n<p>New listings dipped roughly 1% from last year, landing close to 2025 levels. Affordability remains top-of-mind for buyers, while some sellers are understandably cautious about pricing their homes. The median listing price now stands at $419,000, down about 1% year-over-year, with the median price per square foot at $222\u2014the lowest since early 2026.<\/p>\n<p>For those navigating these changes, it\u2019s important to recognize that inventory gains and higher mortgage rates are tilting the landscape slightly more in buyers\u2019 favor, but the overall pace is measured\u2014not volatile. My daily work with Redfin\u2019s technology-driven, high-volume team keeps me tuned in to these subtle shifts. I\u2019m here to help you interpret what these numbers mean for your unique situation, so you can move forward with clarity and confidence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. housing market is continuing its gradual rebalancing, with active inventory up about 4% year-over-year nationwide. This uptick is meaningful, even as growth slowed for the first time in five weeks\u2014a signal that supply is still expanding, but without the kind of sudden spike that could unsettle buyers or sellers. On average, homes spent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centralmassrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}