{"id":44,"date":"2026-09-25T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/drhomesrealtor-com\/2026\/09\/25\/house-price-appreciation-by-state-and-metro-area-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T14:00:00","slug":"house-price-appreciation-by-state-and-metro-area-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/house-price-appreciation-by-state-and-metro-area-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"House Price Appreciation by State and Metro Area in the Second Quarter of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Keeping an eye on the national housing landscape, U.S. house prices climbed 2.1% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026. Forty-seven states saw gains, with Alaska and Vermont topping the list for appreciation, while New Mexico and Washington experienced some declines. On the metro front, 75 areas posted growth\u2014Elgin, IL led the way, while Everett, WA saw a dip.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who\u2019s helped families and individuals in Shelby and Jefferson Counties navigate their own moves\u2014whether it\u2019s searching for a first house or transitioning to something new\u2014I know how these broader trends can shape real conversations here at home. Every shift in the market brings new questions and opportunities, and I\u2019m always here to break it down in plain English. If you\u2019re wondering what these changes might mean for your next move, I\u2019m happy to walk you through it, just like I would with my own family.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/eyeonhousing.org\/2026\/09\/house-price-appreciation-by-state-and-metro-area-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping an eye on the national housing landscape, U.S. house prices climbed 2.1% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2026. Forty-seven states saw gains, with Alaska and Vermont topping the list for appreciation, while New Mexico and Washington experienced some declines. On the metro front, 75 areas posted growth\u2014Elgin, IL led the way, while Everett, [&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-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44","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=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}