{"id":28,"date":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/peopleseliterealtygroup-com\/2026\/09\/27\/maximizing-record-home-equity-for-greater-purchasing-power\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","slug":"maximizing-record-home-equity-for-greater-purchasing-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/maximizing-record-home-equity-for-greater-purchasing-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximizing Record Home Equity for Greater Purchasing Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Over the past several months, I\u2019ve had many conversations with clients about the real value of their home equity. It\u2019s easy to feel optimistic when you see high home prices, but a closer look reveals a more nuanced picture. Since fall 2025, inflation-adjusted home values have actually declined by about 4% in Texas and 2% nationally. What this means is that, even though nominal prices are up, your real purchasing power\u2014the true value of your equity\u2014isn\u2019t exceeding where it stood back in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>After more than 17 years helping buyers, sellers, and investors navigate the ups and downs of our market, I know how important it is to understand both the numbers and the story behind them. If you\u2019re weighing your options, remember that every real estate journey is unique. My focus remains on providing clear, informed guidance so you can make decisions with confidence in an ever-evolving market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/trerc.tamu.edu\/blog\/the-illusion-of-abundance-record-home-equitys-purchasing-power-problem\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past several months, I\u2019ve had many conversations with clients about the real value of their home equity. It\u2019s easy to feel optimistic when you see high home prices, but a closer look reveals a more nuanced picture. Since fall 2025, inflation-adjusted home values have actually declined by about 4% in Texas and 2% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peopleseliterealtygroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}