{"id":18,"date":"2026-09-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/calpropgroup-com\/2026\/09\/14\/three-u-s-housing-signals-for-september\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:00:00","slug":"three-u-s-housing-signals-for-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/14\/three-u-s-housing-signals-for-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Three U.S. Housing Signals for September"},"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\/sbgal\/us-housing-september-remotion-videos-ef8d\"\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>September brought a shift in U.S. housing trends\u2014pending home sales slipped into negative territory after eight months of growth, a direct effect of rising borrowing costs that\u2019s cooled buyer momentum. Contracts slowed and homes lingered on the market for an average of 60 days, while mortgage rates jumped from about 6% in late Q1 to the upper-6% range. This recalibration has given buyers some negotiating power: the median list price edged down to $424.5K, price reductions now touch nearly 20% of listings, and active inventory is up about 4%. Yet even with more listings, inventory remains roughly 11% below pre-pandemic norms, highlighting a persistent shortage beneath the current buyer hesitation. What matters most right now is how sellers adapt\u2014whether through pricing tweaks, delistings, or new strategies\u2014as both sides navigate firmer borrowing costs and subtle regional shifts. In markets like Santa Barbara, strategy is everything. My background in marketing and lending helps clients stay ahead, whether you\u2019re looking to secure a deal or maximize your listing\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September brought a shift in U.S. housing trends\u2014pending home sales slipped into negative territory after eight months of growth, a direct effect of rising borrowing costs that\u2019s cooled buyer momentum. Contracts slowed and homes lingered on the market for an average of 60 days, while mortgage rates jumped from about 6% in late Q1 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":47,"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-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}