{"id":9,"date":"2026-09-21T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/teitsmateam-com\/2026\/09\/21\/us-home-prices-face-real-value-erosion\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:00:00","slug":"us-home-prices-face-real-value-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/michelle-teitsma\/home-prices-erosion-remotion-videos-8a73\" 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>As we move through 2026, the national real estate landscape continues to evolve\u2014and it\u2019s worth digging into what those numbers really mean for buyers and sellers across Spring Lake, Grand Haven, and Muskegon. While nominal home prices keep inching up, one key federal index held steady from mid- to late-Q2 (once adjusted for seasonality). Nationally, there was about 1.5% annual price appreciation in late Q2, a slight uptick from 1% earlier in the quarter, but still trailing inflation, which hovered around 3.5%. That means, for the 13th month in a row, the real value of homes (once adjusted for inflation) slipped a bit further\u2014even as lower inflation and firmer prices slowed that trend. One federal measure has shown positive annual gains every single quarter since early 2012, underscoring how resilient nominal home prices have been, even with inflation in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>For many in our lakeshore communities, it\u2019s the rising monthly payments on existing single-family homes that hit closest to home. Affordability remains the defining challenge, especially for first-time buyers. With decades of experience and a focus on helping clients navigate market shifts\u2014waterfronts, condos, new builds, and everything in between\u2014our team is here to help you make sense of the numbers and find your perfect fit.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we move through 2026, the national real estate landscape continues to evolve\u2014and it\u2019s worth digging into what those numbers really mean for buyers and sellers across Spring Lake, Grand Haven, and Muskegon. While nominal home prices keep inching up, one key federal index held steady from mid- to late-Q2 (once adjusted for seasonality). Nationally, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":512,"featured_media":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}