{"id":109,"date":"2026-10-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:00:00","slug":"us-inventory-growth-slows-stays-soft-https-www-michelemovesmountains-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/15\/us-inventory-growth-slows-stays-soft-https-www-michelemovesmountains-com\/","title":{"rendered":"US Inventory Growth Slows Stays Soft | https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/michele-madison\/states-housing-inventory-5610\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Inventory Growth Slows\u2014What It Means for Buyers and Sellers in North Georgia. Nationally, we saw active home inventory reach 1.14 million by mid-Q3 2026, a modest ~4% increase from last year\u2019s 1.1 million. While that\u2019s still growth, it\u2019s a big shift from the rapid ~21% jump just a year earlier, and even an improvement from the slower ~2% gain we saw in late Q2. By the end of mid-Q3, 18 states and DC actually surpassed their pre-pandemic 2019 inventory levels, though overall U.S. supply is still trailing by about 8% (1.14M vs. 1.24M active listings). The surge in post-boom listings has eased, leaving the market feeling soft with flat prices and higher mortgage rates starting to test the waters.<\/p>\n<p>For those eyeing North Georgia\u2014whether you\u2019re drawn to mountain retreats, investing, or settling in full-time\u2014these national trends set the stage, but our local market always brings its own flavor. Understanding how broader inventory shifts interact with our unique, sought-after communities helps you make confident moves. I\u2019m always here to offer insight on what these changes might mean for your Blue Ridge or North Georgia journey.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inventory Growth Slows\u2014What It Means for Buyers and Sellers in North Georgia. Nationally, we saw active home inventory reach 1.14 million by mid-Q3 2026, a modest ~4% increase from last year\u2019s 1.1 million. While that\u2019s still growth, it\u2019s a big shift from the rapid ~21% jump just a year earlier, and even an improvement from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":266,"featured_media":110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/266"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michelemovesmountains.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}