{"id":60,"date":"2026-10-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/?p=60"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:00:00","slug":"us-buyers-navigate-14-month-cost-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.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\/stana-vukajlovic-1\/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>Navigating the current housing market has become even more challenging for buyers, with monthly payments now reaching $2,600 by late Q3\u2014the highest in over a year. As a real estate professional with a background in both banking and commercial real estate, I see firsthand how a steady median home-sale price of around $399,000 (up about 2% from last year) is adding to the affordability squeeze and keeping pending sales steady month-over-month but lower than last year.<\/p>\n<p>Mortgage-purchase applications have dipped slightly, and while new listings typically slow around the holidays, this year\u2019s listings still edged out the same period in 2025. Seller strategy is more important than ever: about 21% of active listings made price cuts, confirming what I often advise my clients\u2014thoughtful pricing attracts interest, while overpricing tends to hold buyers back. Inventory has also seen a slight yearly gain, with 1.5 million homes on the market and about four months of supply, though we\u2019re still not at a truly balanced market.<\/p>\n<p>In times like these, understanding value and market dynamics is crucial\u2014whether you\u2019re preparing to buy or sell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating the current housing market has become even more challenging for buyers, with monthly payments now reaching $2,600 by late Q3\u2014the highest in over a year. As a real estate professional with a background in both banking and commercial real estate, I see firsthand how a steady median home-sale price of around $399,000 (up about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/62"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stanavukajlovicrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}