{"id":131,"date":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/?p=131"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","slug":"housing-data-gives-buyers-more-leverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/12\/housing-data-gives-buyers-more-leverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Data Gives Buyers More Leverage"},"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\/katrina-romero-jones\/september-housing-leverage-remotion-videos-361c\" 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>As someone who\u2019s spent decades helping clients navigate the ups and downs of our real estate market, I\u2019m always watching the numbers for you. Late in Q3, about 21% of active listings saw price cuts, and inventory reached over 1.16 million homes\u2014now just 9% shy of what we typically saw before the pandemic. Buyer activity stayed cautious, with homes under contract down about 4% year-over-year for the second consecutive month, a clear sign that higher mortgage costs continue to impact affordability. The national median list price was around $419,000, down roughly 1% both month-over-month and year-over-year, with price per square foot dropping about 2% from last year. Sellers are still engaged, with about 6% of listings being delisted\u2014holding steady from last year\u2014while more are opening up to negotiation and price reductions. The next big question is whether these additional price cuts will encourage more buyers to sign contracts, or if the current balance of rising supply and softer demand will keep this adjustment phase going a bit longer. My approach centers on integrity and deep market knowledge, so if you\u2019re weighing your options, I\u2019m always here to provide insight tailored to your needs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent decades helping clients navigate the ups and downs of our real estate market, I\u2019m always watching the numbers for you. Late in Q3, about 21% of active listings saw price cuts, and inventory reached over 1.16 million homes\u2014now just 9% shy of what we typically saw before the pandemic. Buyer activity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}