{"id":707,"date":"2026-01-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/?p=707"},"modified":"2026-01-14T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T14:00:00","slug":"la-metro-buyers-could-see-lower-monthly-payments-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/la-metro-buyers-could-see-lower-monthly-payments-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Metro: Buyers Could See Lower Monthly Payments in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/mark-mallorca\/la-costs-drop\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Los Angeles\u2013Long Beach\u2013Anaheim, CA is projected to see a smaller monthly housing cost decline among the top 50 US metros in 2026.<br \/>\n Monthly housing payments in the Los Angeles area are projected to fall 1.34% yearly, averaging ~$5,389\/mo.<br \/>\n Lower mortgage rates combined with modest home price growth are expected to reduce monthly housing costs.<br \/>\n Even in this high-cost metro, buyers may gain limited relief from slightly lower payments.<br \/>\n Overall, small declines could marginally improve affordability without significantly changing buyer behavior.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles\u2013Long Beach\u2013Anaheim, CA is projected to see a smaller monthly housing cost decline among the top 50 US metros in 2026. Monthly housing payments in the Los Angeles area are projected to fall 1.34% yearly, averaging ~$5,389\/mo. Lower mortgage rates combined with modest home price growth are expected to reduce monthly housing costs. Even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}