{"id":7,"date":"2026-09-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/tamikammarks-realtor\/2026\/09\/05\/home-price-growth-stalls-near-1-as-local-divide-widens\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:00:00","slug":"home-price-growth-stalls-near-1-as-local-divide-widens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/2026\/09\/05\/home-price-growth-stalls-near-1-as-local-divide-widens\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Price Growth Stalls Near 1% As Local Divide Widens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>July brought a slowdown in U.S. home-price growth, hovering around 1% annually, and even dipping 0.5% month-over-month\u2014a trend shaped by soft demand and uneven inventory. But real estate is all about the local story. Here in Chicago, we saw prices climb by 6.4%, while cities like Austin experienced a 2.9% drop. Even with a national stall, some markets\u2014especially those with starter homes\u2014are seeing gains. After 21 years navigating the ups and downs of both REO and traditional residential sales in Chicago, I know how important it is to dig into these local trends. These numbers highlight just how vital neighborhood expertise is when you\u2019re making real estate decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalmortgageprofessional.com\/news\/home-price-growth-stalls-near-1-local-divide-widens\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July brought a slowdown in U.S. home-price growth, hovering around 1% annually, and even dipping 0.5% month-over-month\u2014a trend shaped by soft demand and uneven inventory. But real estate is all about the local story. Here in Chicago, we saw prices climb by 6.4%, while cities like Austin experienced a 2.9% drop. Even with a national [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}