{"id":95,"date":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","slug":"us-home-prices-what-the-median-misses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/us-home-prices-what-the-median-misses\/","title":{"rendered":"US Home Prices: What the Median Misses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/jean-paul-peron\/new-existing-prices-remotion-videos-1523\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>There\u2019s a fascinating shift underway in the national housing market: in Q2 2026, the median price for a new single-family home in the US landed at $410,700, while existing homes climbed even higher to $435,700. That $25,000 gap represented the widest divide we\u2019ve seen\u2014continuing a reversal that started back in Q2 2024, when resale homes began outpacing new ones. Many homeowners have opted to hold onto their pandemic-era low mortgage rates, tightening up supply, while builders have responded with smaller lots, more compact homes, and creative incentives to keep new construction attractive. Of course, these national numbers don\u2019t always capture the story in every market. Here on the Outer Banks\u2014especially in Carova\u2014local market dynamics, unique property types, and evolving buyer preferences often rewrite the script. By Q2 2026, new-home prices nationally dipped about 1% year-over-year, while existing-home price growth cooled to 2% after three solid years of gains. In a distinctive coastal market like ours, it\u2019s always important to look beyond national headlines and focus on what\u2019s really driving value right here.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a fascinating shift underway in the national housing market: in Q2 2026, the median price for a new single-family home in the US landed at $410,700, while existing homes climbed even higher to $435,700. That $25,000 gap represented the widest divide we\u2019ve seen\u2014continuing a reversal that started back in Q2 2024, when resale homes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":96,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","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\/95","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=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}