{"id":63,"date":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/drhomesrealtor-com\/2026\/10\/03\/the-18-states-back-above-pre-pandemic-2019-housing-inventory-levels\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","slug":"the-18-states-back-above-pre-pandemic-2019-housing-inventory-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/the-18-states-back-above-pre-pandemic-2019-housing-inventory-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"The 18 states back above pre-pandemic 2019 housing inventory levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s interesting to see how housing inventory is shifting: while national numbers are up 3.8% over last year, they\u2019re still 7.7% below where we stood in 2019. Most states have only seen gentle growth\u2014or even a dip\u2014but 18 states, especially in the Sun Belt and Mountain West, are now hovering near or even above those pre-pandemic levels. Prices in those areas? Mostly holding steady. For families in Shelby and Jefferson Counties, these trends can feel distant, but understanding the broader landscape helps put our local options in perspective. After more than a decade of guiding buyers and sellers through upsizing, downsizing, and everything in between, I\u2019ve learned that context matters\u2014especially when finding a home that truly fits your life.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.resiclubanalytics.com\/p\/18-states-back-above-pre-pandemic-housing-market-inventory-levels\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s interesting to see how housing inventory is shifting: while national numbers are up 3.8% over last year, they\u2019re still 7.7% below where we stood in 2019. Most states have only seen gentle growth\u2014or even a dip\u2014but 18 states, especially in the Sun Belt and Mountain West, are now hovering near or even above those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","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=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}