{"id":24,"date":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/louiseandbernie-com\/2026\/09\/19\/ranked-housing-costs-in-every-u-s-state-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","slug":"ranked-housing-costs-in-every-u-s-state-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/19\/ranked-housing-costs-in-every-u-s-state-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranked: Housing Costs in Every U.S. State in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s spent 25 years guiding clients through every stage of homeownership, I\u2019m always fascinated by the dramatic differences in housing costs across the U.S. For 2026, the numbers tell quite a story: Hawaii tops the list at 302.4, while Oklahoma comes in lowest at 66.9. States like Massachusetts, D.C., California, and New York remain among the priciest, whereas buyers looking in the South and Midwest generally encounter more affordable options. Whether you\u2019re buying your very first home, upsizing, or planning your next chapter, understanding these regional shifts can be key to making a move that truly fits your life\u2014and your finances.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/ranked-housing-costs-in-every-u-s-state-in-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent 25 years guiding clients through every stage of homeownership, I\u2019m always fascinated by the dramatic differences in housing costs across the U.S. For 2026, the numbers tell quite a story: Hawaii tops the list at 302.4, while Oklahoma comes in lowest at 66.9. States like Massachusetts, D.C., California, and New York [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":54,"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-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}