{"id":4,"date":"2026-08-30T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/obxlifestyles-com\/2026\/08\/30\/realtor-com-projects-continued-home-price-growth-for-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:00:00","slug":"realtor-com-projects-continued-home-price-growth-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/30\/realtor-com-projects-continued-home-price-growth-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Realtor.com Projects Continued Home Price Growth for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>A recent update from Realtor.com projects that existing-home price growth in 2026 will slow to just 1.2%, with mortgage rates expected to remain steady at 6.3%. For those considering a move or an investment here in the Outer Banks, this shift could mean more favorable conditions: a slight dip in home sales, growing inventory by 3.6%, and improved affordability. Rents are also anticipated to decline by 1.2%, which may ease the pressure many renters have been feeling. As someone who\u2019s spent nearly two decades guiding clients through the unique market dynamics of Carova\u2019s 4&#215;4 beaches, I\u2019m always tracking these trends to help you make informed decisions\u2014whether you\u2019re buying, selling, or simply planning your next steps along our coast.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.briefs.co\/news\/realtor-com-lowers-2026-home-price-forecast-to-1-2\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent update from Realtor.com projects that existing-home price growth in 2026 will slow to just 1.2%, with mortgage rates expected to remain steady at 6.3%. For those considering a move or an investment here in the Outer Banks, this shift could mean more favorable conditions: a slight dip in home sales, growing inventory by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}