{"id":51,"date":"2026-10-04T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/dominickleonesellsnj-com\/2026\/10\/04\/existing-home-sales-remain-resilient-amid-slight-august-dip\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T13:00:00","slug":"existing-home-sales-remain-resilient-amid-slight-august-dip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/04\/existing-home-sales-remain-resilient-amid-slight-august-dip\/","title":{"rendered":"Existing-Home Sales Remain Resilient Amid Slight August Dip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>The latest report from the National Association of REALTORS reveals a 2.0% dip in existing-home sales from July to August 2026, with a 1.2% decrease compared to last year\u2014now at a 3.98 million annual rate. Inventory, however, climbed 3.2% to 1.62 million units, the highest level seen since 2019. The median price moved up 1.6% to $429,100, and average mortgage rates reached 6.67%.<\/p>\n<p>When I review these numbers, I look beyond the surface. As someone who\u2019s spent years in both real estate and residential construction\u2014especially focused on high-end waterfront homes\u2014I see opportunities in rising inventory that others might overlook. More choices on the market can mean a better chance of uncovering a property with both lasting value and the structural integrity that\u2019s critical for shore living. These shifting figures remind me why a detailed, builder\u2019s eye is so important when navigating the Jersey Shore market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/goldrushcam.com\/sierrasuntimes\/index.php\/news\/local-news\/81576-national-association-of-realtors-existing-home-sales-report-shows-2-0-decrease-month-over-month-in-august-2026-and-1-2-decrease-year-over-year\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report from the National Association of REALTORS reveals a 2.0% dip in existing-home sales from July to August 2026, with a 1.2% decrease compared to last year\u2014now at a 3.98 million annual rate. Inventory, however, climbed 3.2% to 1.62 million units, the highest level seen since 2019. The median price moved up 1.6% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":467,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominickleonesellsnj.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}