{"id":30,"date":"2026-09-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/louiseandbernie-com\/2026\/09\/27\/good-news-for-some-home-sale-prices-in-virginia-continue-to-trend-upward\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T13:00:00","slug":"good-news-for-some-home-sale-prices-in-virginia-continue-to-trend-upward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/good-news-for-some-home-sale-prices-in-virginia-continue-to-trend-upward\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news (for some): Home sale prices in Virginia continue to trend upward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Virginia\u2019s median home price reached $448,000 this July\u2014a new milestone that brings both opportunities and challenges. As someone who\u2019s spent 25 years guiding clients through every market shift, I\u2019ve seen how rising prices can strain affordability for median-income buyers, especially with higher mortgage rates cooling sales and dropping pending transactions. Yet, there\u2019s a silver lining: increased inventory means more options to explore, even though finding truly affordable homes remains tough. Whether you\u2019re a first-time buyer or planning your next move, navigating this market calls for clear strategy and creative thinking\u2014qualities I believe are essential when your home needs to keep up with life\u2019s changes.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/augustafreepress.com\/news\/good-news-for-some-home-sale-prices-in-virginia-continue-to-trend-upward\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia\u2019s median home price reached $448,000 this July\u2014a new milestone that brings both opportunities and challenges. As someone who\u2019s spent 25 years guiding clients through every market shift, I\u2019ve seen how rising prices can strain affordability for median-income buyers, especially with higher mortgage rates cooling sales and dropping pending transactions. Yet, there\u2019s a silver lining: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":60,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","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\/30","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=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}