{"id":837,"date":"2026-10-09T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/housing-inflation-home-prices-rent-how-its-calculated-114\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:00:00","slug":"housing-inflation-home-prices-rent-how-its-calculated-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/housing-inflation-home-prices-rent-how-its-calculated-114\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Inflation: Home Prices, Rent, &amp; How It&#8217;s Calculated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Housing inflation is more than just a headline\u2014it&#039;s a complex mix of rising rent, utilities, maintenance, and, of course, home prices. What many don\u2019t realize is that major inflation indexes often leave out the actual purchase price of homes. Throughout my previous years in international finance and now as a residential real estate advisor in Massachusetts and South Carolina, I\u2019ve seen how these nuances shape the market. The pandemic put this into sharp relief, with home prices surging thanks to supply shortages and heightened demand. Understanding these factors is key for making informed decisions in today\u2019s housing landscape\u2014especially when navigating a market that doesn\u2019t always show its full hand.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/money\/housing-inflation\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing inflation is more than just a headline\u2014it&#039;s a complex mix of rising rent, utilities, maintenance, and, of course, home prices. What many don\u2019t realize is that major inflation indexes often leave out the actual purchase price of homes. Throughout my previous years in international finance and now as a residential real estate advisor in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-837","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\/837","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=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marisacainhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}