{"id":35,"date":"2026-09-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/drhomesrealtor-com\/2026\/09\/19\/alabama-housing-market-heats-up-but-home-costs-are-rising-too\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:00:00","slug":"alabama-housing-market-heats-up-but-home-costs-are-rising-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/19\/alabama-housing-market-heats-up-but-home-costs-are-rising-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama housing market heats up, but home costs are rising, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Six straight months of rising home sales in Alabama\u2014July alone saw a 19.8% jump, and average prices are now up 19.6% at $287,750. We\u2019re also seeing a 19% increase in new building permits, so inventory is building, but prices are still expected to climb a bit more. As someone who\u2019s spent 11 years guiding folks through moves big and small across Shelby and Jefferson Counties, I know how these shifts feel whether you\u2019re moving up, downsizing, or just starting out. I always aim to break down what\u2019s happening in our local market so you can make the best move for your family, your lifestyle, and your future\u2014because I know firsthand just how much finding the right home matters.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wvua23.com\/news\/alabama-housing-market-heats-up-but-home-costs-are-rising-too\/article_4217c010-9b71-4eda-a6f0-401e7d685a70.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six straight months of rising home sales in Alabama\u2014July alone saw a 19.8% jump, and average prices are now up 19.6% at $287,750. We\u2019re also seeing a 19% increase in new building permits, so inventory is building, but prices are still expected to climb a bit more. As someone who\u2019s spent 11 years guiding folks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}