{"id":92,"date":"2026-10-11T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2026-10-11T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:00:00","slug":"americas-top-housing-markets-what-they-teach-us-about-affordability-and-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/11\/americas-top-housing-markets-what-they-teach-us-about-affordability-and-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"America&#8217;s Top Housing Markets: What They Teach Us About Affordability and Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Reflecting on recent rankings of America\u2019s housing markets, it\u2019s striking to see Des Moines leading for both affordability and growth\u2014while markets like Los Angeles and New York find themselves at the other end of the spectrum. Having spent decades guiding clients and fellow REALTORS\u00ae through California\u2019s most dynamic neighborhoods, I see firsthand how housing shortages, elevated costs, and complex regulations shape our local landscape. These challenges aren\u2019t just headlines; they impact families, investors, and communities. The data reinforces what we experience in markets like Los Angeles: that thoughtful changes to zoning and policy can help unlock supply and create real opportunities. As someone committed to strategic positioning and equity protection, I believe understanding these market contrasts is essential for anyone navigating real estate today.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.ssbcrack.com\/americas-top-housing-markets-what-they-teach-us-about-affordability-and-growth\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflecting on recent rankings of America\u2019s housing markets, it\u2019s striking to see Des Moines leading for both affordability and growth\u2014while markets like Los Angeles and New York find themselves at the other end of the spectrum. Having spent decades guiding clients and fellow REALTORS\u00ae through California\u2019s most dynamic neighborhoods, I see firsthand how housing shortages, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":93,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mahoganyrhodes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}