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Home Prices Are Outpacing a 7% Mortgage Rate, and That Math Cannot Hold

Published September 30, 20264 min read

A blank real-estate sign stands outside a suburban house with an empty driveway. — Higher mortgage costs are bearing down on a housing market where inventory is building. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

The July Case-Shiller numbers landed Tuesday morning with a twist that most of the coverage will miss. ( We flagged the setup in our Case-Shiller preview .) The national index rose 1.9% over the year through July, up from 1.6% in June and from 1.5% in May. That reads as an acceleration. It is not. Prices are still losing to inflation for the 14th straight month, and the 7% mortgage rate that hit on September 24 has not even touched this data yet.

Key Takeaways The Case-Shiller national index rose 1.9% annually through July 2026, up from 1.6% in June, per the September 29 S&P Dow Jones Indices release. Home values still fell in real terms for the 14th consecutive month because CPI inflation ra…

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