{"id":51,"date":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/homesbyericanicolai-com\/2026\/09\/27\/us-buyer-affordability-signals-start-improving\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","slug":"us-buyer-affordability-signals-start-improving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/us-buyer-affordability-signals-start-improving\/","title":{"rendered":"US Buyer Affordability Signals Start Improving"},"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\/erica-nicolai\/home-prices-up-affordability\" 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>A housing economist says the condo market is stabilizing after prior weakness, with some metros now seeing condo price gains outpace single-family homes.<br \/>\nImproved affordability is drawing buyers back toward condos, creating a practical option for shoppers seeking lower entry points in active markets today.<br \/>\nMortgage rates are higher than earlier in 2026, but a housing economist says they remain comfortably below yearly levels for buyers now.<br \/>\nLower mortgage rates are expected to help more potential buyers qualify and obtain financing, widening access as affordability conditions improve for households.<br \/>\nBuyers should watch condo choices and mortgage qualification closely, because both themes point to more practical paths for entering active markets now.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A housing economist says the condo market is stabilizing after prior weakness, with some metros now seeing condo price gains outpace single-family homes. Improved affordability is drawing buyers back toward condos, creating a practical option for shoppers seeking lower entry points in active markets today. Mortgage rates are higher than earlier in 2026, but a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":460,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}