{"id":28,"date":"2026-10-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/11\/california-housing-market-forecast-for-the-next-2-years-2026-2028\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T11:00:00","slug":"california-housing-market-forecast-for-the-next-2-years-2026-2028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/11\/california-housing-market-forecast-for-the-next-2-years-2026-2028\/","title":{"rendered":"California Housing Market Forecast for the Next 2 Years: 2026-2028"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>The California housing market is stabilizing with moderate annual home price growth of 2.5% to 4% expected through 2028. Increased inventory, around 156,300 homes for sale, offers buyers more choices and less bidding competition. Mortgage rates are steady near 6%, aiding payment predictability. Affordability remains a challenge, with only 18% of households qualifying for typical mortgages. Entry-level homes and affordable areas will see high demand. Sellers must price realistically, and investors should focus on strong rental markets.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noradarealestate.com\/blog\/california-housing-market-forecast-for-the-next-2-years-2026-2028\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California housing market is stabilizing with moderate annual home price growth of 2.5% to 4% expected through 2028. Increased inventory, around 156,300 homes for sale, offers buyers more choices and less bidding competition. Mortgage rates are steady near 6%, aiding payment predictability. Affordability remains a challenge, with only 18% of households qualifying for typical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":567,"featured_media":29,"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-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tracihansendreamhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}