[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f3shnf37q4hari":3,"$f2emv3tus0uf1":43,"$fbwk2pqjjqsc7":47},{"item":4,"previous":31,"next":37},{"id":5,"slug":6,"title":7,"description":8,"excerpt":9,"contentType":10,"featuredImage":11,"bannerImage":9,"body":12,"agentsBottomLine":13,"bodyImage":14,"isInfographic":15,"categories":16,"isVideo":15,"videoThumbnail":9,"videoSource":9,"publishedAt":29,"updatedAt":30},874,"rising-home-prices-mean-great-news-for-homeowners","Rising Home Prices Mean Great News for Homeowners","Recently there has been a lot of talk about home prices and if they are accelerating too quickly. As we \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2017\u002F07\u002F03\u002Fnar-data-shows-now-is-a-great-time-to-sell\u002F\">mentioned before\u003C\u002Fa>, in some areas of the country, seller supply (homes for sale) cannot keep up with the number of buyers who are out looking for homes, which has caused prices to rise.","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F07\u002F10114730\u002F20170725-Share-STM.jpg","Recently there has been a lot of talk about home prices and if they are accelerating too quickly. As we \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002F2017\u002F07\u002F03\u002Fnar-data-shows-now-is-a-great-time-to-sell\u002F\">mentioned before\u003C\u002Fa>, in some areas of the country, seller supply (homes for sale) cannot keep up with the number of buyers who are out looking for homes, which has caused prices to rise.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nThe great news about rising prices, however, is that according to \u003Cem>CoreLogic’s \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.corelogic.com\u002Fabout-us\u002Fresearchtrends\u002Fhomeowner-equity-report.aspx#.WV6BzukpCUk\">\u003Cem>Homeowner Equity Report\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa>, the average American household gained over $14,000 in equity over the course of the last year, largely due to home value increases.\r\n\r\nThe map below was created using the same report from \u003Cem>CoreLogic \u003C\u002Fem>and shows the average equity gain per mortgaged home during the 1\u003Csup>st\u003C\u002Fsup> quarter of 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