{"id":270675,"date":"2026-08-23T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270675\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:30:08","slug":"pennsylvania-home-sales-show-seasonal-decline-in-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270675\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Home Sales Show Seasonal Decline in July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/pennwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sales-home-property-SBI-300195749-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sales-home-property-SBI-300195749-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Sales home property\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania\u2019s housing market remained relatively steady in July, compared to the previous month, according to the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4757246-1&amp;h=1730113256&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.parealtors.org%2Fhousing-report%2F&amp;a=housing+report+prepared+for+the+Pennsylvania+Association+of+Realtors%C2%AE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">housing report prepared for the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors\u00ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Home sales fell 10%, from 13,000 in June to about 11,700 in July, and were down nearly 4% from a year earlier. The number of listings on the market was nearly the same in July at 45,944, but was down 3.7% from last year.<\/p>\n<p>The median home price edged down slightly by 3% in July to $330,000, down from the all-time high of $340,000 in June, reflecting a modest shift in the market while remaining stable overall. The median home price was up 4.7% year over year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real estate market often sees a seasonal slowing of home sales in the summer, which is a normal part of the housing cycle,\u201d said PAR\u2019s 2026 President David Dean, a Realtor\u00ae with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services in the Pittsburgh region. \u201cBuyers and sellers are still active, and the summer market can offer opportunities for consumers who are prepared to make decisions in current conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, it\u2019s important for consumers to focus on how these current conditions affect their goals and finances. Working with a knowledgeable Realtor\u00ae can help buyers and sellers evaluate the market, understand their options and make informed decisions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennwatchmedia.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PW_2024_LeaderAd\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PW_2024_LeaderAd.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania\u2019s housing market remained relatively steady in July, compared to the previous month, according to the latest\u00a0housing report&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-270675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}