{"id":63,"date":"2026-10-01T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/?p=63"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:00:00","slug":"us-buyers-navigate-14-month-cost-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/01\/us-buyers-navigate-14-month-cost-high\/","title":{"rendered":"US Buyers Navigate 14-Month Cost High"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/petri-mary\/mortgage-costs-high-0a00\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Lately, I\u2019ve noticed buyers are feeling the weight of higher monthly payments\u2014by late Q3, the typical payment reached $2,600, a 14-month high. Even as mortgage costs climbed and the national median home-sale price edged up about 2% to $399,000, affordability remains front and center for many of my clients. It\u2019s no surprise that pending sales have held steady month-over-month and are tracking below last year. I\u2019m seeing a little less activity in mortgage-purchase applications and, while new listings dipped around the holidays, they\u2019re still a touch higher than the same period last year. For sellers, a smart pricing strategy is more important than ever\u2014about 21% of active listings made price cuts recently, and I\u2019ve found that sharper, realistic pricing draws genuine attention, while overpricing only creates hesitation. On the inventory side, active supply ticked up about 2% year-over-year to 1.5 million homes, with supply hovering near four months\u2014still not quite a balanced market, but showing some movement. Whether you\u2019re buying or selling, my approach is always tailored to your needs and I\u2019m committed to ensuring you have the guidance and attention you deserve as the market shifts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I\u2019ve noticed buyers are feeling the weight of higher monthly payments\u2014by late Q3, the typical payment reached $2,600, a 14-month high. Even as mortgage costs climbed and the national median home-sale price edged up about 2% to $399,000, affordability remains front and center for many of my clients. It\u2019s no surprise that pending sales [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myteam4you.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}