{"id":28,"date":"2026-09-27T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/redrubyhomes-com\/2026\/09\/27\/maximizing-record-home-equity-for-greater-purchasing-power\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:00:00","slug":"maximizing-record-home-equity-for-greater-purchasing-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.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>When we talk about the value of a home, it\u2019s important to look past the headline numbers. Since fall 2025, inflation-adjusted home values have dipped by about 4% in Texas and 2% nationally. Even with high listing prices, the true purchasing power of home equity hasn\u2019t surpassed what it was in 2019. As someone who guides clients through these significant milestones, I find it crucial to help both buyers and sellers understand what their equity really means in today\u2019s market. Real estate isn\u2019t just about the numbers\u2014it\u2019s about making informed decisions that reflect your real goals.<\/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>When we talk about the value of a home, it\u2019s important to look past the headline numbers. Since fall 2025, inflation-adjusted home values have dipped by about 4% in Texas and 2% nationally. Even with high listing prices, the true purchasing power of home equity hasn\u2019t surpassed what it was in 2019. As someone who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"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.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/333"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redrubyhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}