{"id":24,"date":"2026-09-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/jdshomes-net\/2026\/09\/18\/house-price-appreciation-by-state-and-metro-area-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:00:00","slug":"house-price-appreciation-by-state-and-metro-area-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/2026\/09\/18\/house-price-appreciation-by-state-and-metro-area-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"House Price Appreciation by State and Metro Area in the Second Quarter of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s always interesting to see how house price trends play out across the country\u2014and even more so when you\u2019ve watched the Chicagoland area evolve over decades. In the second quarter of 2026, U.S. home prices climbed 2.1% year-over-year, with 47 states seeing growth. Alaska and Vermont led the way, while New Mexico and Washington saw declines. Looking at metro areas, 75 experienced gains\u2014Elgin, IL stood out with the strongest increase, while Everett, WA posted the largest drop.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who\u2019s called Lake County home since 1959 and has spent over 20 years guiding clients through the nuances of our local market, it\u2019s rewarding to see a neighboring area like Elgin leading the nation in appreciation. These shifts highlight how critical it is to understand local factors\u2014like employment, transportation, and community dynamics\u2014when assessing property values. Whether you\u2019re looking to buy, sell, or invest, knowing these trends can help you make confident decisions about your next move in Lake, McHenry, and Cook Counties, and the southern Wisconsin region.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/eyeonhousing.org\/2026\/09\/house-price-appreciation-by-state-and-metro-area-in-the-second-quarter-of-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s always interesting to see how house price trends play out across the country\u2014and even more so when you\u2019ve watched the Chicagoland area evolve over decades. In the second quarter of 2026, U.S. home prices climbed 2.1% year-over-year, with 47 states seeing growth. Alaska and Vermont led the way, while New Mexico and Washington saw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdshomes.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}