{"id":4,"date":"2026-08-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/marcoislandbeachrealtor-com\/2026\/08\/30\/july-home-sales-show-encouraging-signs-for-the-market\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T16:00:00","slug":"july-home-sales-show-encouraging-signs-for-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/30\/july-home-sales-show-encouraging-signs-for-the-market\/","title":{"rendered":"July Home Sales Show Encouraging Signs for the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>July brought a 7% increase in home sales compared to the previous year, a reflection of contracts made when mortgage rates were more favorable. However, new contract activity has slowed, as rising rates and inflation challenge affordability for buyers. While inventory has edged up, it remains noticeably below pre-pandemic levels. As someone who has guided clients through many market shifts over three decades on Marco Island, I know these numbers tell only part of the story. The outlook points to modest sales growth by 2026, so it\u2019s essential to stay informed and make decisions with both current trends and long-term goals in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/themortgagepoint.com\/2026\/08\/07\/zillow-great-july-home-sales-arent-a-sign-of-whats-to-come\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July brought a 7% increase in home sales compared to the previous year, a reflection of contracts made when mortgage rates were more favorable. However, new contract activity has slowed, as rising rates and inflation challenge affordability for buyers. While inventory has edged up, it remains noticeably below pre-pandemic levels. As someone who has guided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcoislandbeachrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}