{"id":36,"date":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/homesbykatrinaromero-com\/2026\/09\/19\/buyers-gain-unique-opportunities-amid-growing-inventory\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:00:00","slug":"buyers-gain-unique-opportunities-amid-growing-inventory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/19\/buyers-gain-unique-opportunities-amid-growing-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyers Gain Unique Opportunities Amid Growing Inventory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>With over 27 years as a full-time REALTOR and a deep-rooted commitment to professional service, I\u2019ve witnessed many shifts in our real estate landscape. Right now, we\u2019re seeing pending home sales across the US dip to a six-month low, while new listings and overall inventory are climbing. This shift is giving buyers some rare negotiating power\u2014something we haven\u2019t seen much of lately. The median home price has inched up 1.9% to $400,649, and those persistent high mortgage rates continue to push monthly payments higher. However, certain markets are starting to show price drops and more seller concessions. Navigating these changes with integrity and knowledge is crucial, and I\u2019m always focused on helping clients make sense of evolving opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/us\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/rising-inventory-hands-buyers-rare-leverage\/587740\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 27 years as a full-time REALTOR and a deep-rooted commitment to professional service, I\u2019ve witnessed many shifts in our real estate landscape. Right now, we\u2019re seeing pending home sales across the US dip to a six-month low, while new listings and overall inventory are climbing. This shift is giving buyers some rare negotiating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36","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\/36","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=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}