{"id":22,"date":"2026-09-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/marisacainhomes-com\/2026\/09\/19\/new-vs-existing-home-prices-what-the-national-median-misses\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:00:00","slug":"new-vs-existing-home-prices-what-the-national-median-misses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/19\/new-vs-existing-home-prices-what-the-national-median-misses\/","title":{"rendered":"New vs. Existing Home Prices: What the National Median Misses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s intriguing to see how the national median home price sometimes masks the nuances beneath the surface. In Q2 2026, the median price for new single-family homes came in at $410,700\u2014remarkably, that\u2019s $25,000 less than the $435,700 median for existing homes. This difference is largely driven by limited existing home inventory and a strategic pivot by builders toward constructing smaller, more affordable homes in the South and West. Watching these shifts reminds me of analyzing markets during my finance days: what appears on the surface rarely tells the whole story. Understanding the dynamics behind these numbers is essential for making informed decisions, especially in fast-moving, complex markets.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/eyeonhousing.org\/2026\/09\/new-vs-existing-home-prices-what-the-national-median-misses\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s intriguing to see how the national median home price sometimes masks the nuances beneath the surface. In Q2 2026, the median price for new single-family homes came in at $410,700\u2014remarkably, that\u2019s $25,000 less than the $435,700 median for existing homes. This difference is largely driven by limited existing home inventory and a strategic pivot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}