{"id":33,"date":"2026-09-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/martygum-com\/2026\/09\/27\/ranked-housing-costs-in-every-u-s-state-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T12:00:00","slug":"ranked-housing-costs-in-every-u-s-state-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/ranked-housing-costs-in-every-u-s-state-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranked: Housing Costs in Every U.S. State in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s spent more than four decades helping clients navigate real estate at Lake of the Ozarks, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how dramatically housing costs can differ from state to state. For example, in 2026, Hawaii tops the charts with a cost index of 302.4, while Oklahoma sits at the lowest end with 66.9. States like Massachusetts, D.C., California, and New York are also on the higher end, whereas much of the South and Midwest\u2014regions many of my clients consider\u2014remain more affordable. Understanding these differences is key to making informed decisions, and it\u2019s just one part of the smooth, stress-free experience I strive to provide for every client.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/ranked-housing-costs-in-every-u-s-state-in-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent more than four decades helping clients navigate real estate at Lake of the Ozarks, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how dramatically housing costs can differ from state to state. For example, in 2026, Hawaii tops the charts with a cost index of 302.4, while Oklahoma sits at the lowest end with 66.9. States [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}