{"id":84,"date":"2026-10-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/?p=84"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:00:00","slug":"us-buyers-gain-more-negotiating-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/10\/us-buyers-gain-more-negotiating-room\/","title":{"rendered":"US Buyers Gain More Negotiating Room"},"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\/americas-real-estate-summer\" 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>Buyers gained leverage as rates and uncertainty cooled urgency, while sellers still priced carefully to attract serious offers in today&#039;s shifting US market.<br \/>\n30-yr rates touched the mid-6% range in Early-Q2, then moved into the low-6% range, keeping payment math central for buyers and sellers.<br \/>\nAgent Survey Split<br \/>\nMidwest sellers&#039; markets: 70%<br \/>\nNortheast sellers&#039; markets: 74%<br \/>\nSouth sellers&#039; markets: 13%<br \/>\nWest sellers&#039; markets: 22%<br \/>\nWell-priced homes can still draw multiple offers. Buyers may win repair payments, covered closing costs, or flexible move-in timing in softer markets.<br \/>\nExperts said a turnaround depends on rate stability, steady job growth, and less volatility; improved affordability could support stronger optimism into 2027.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buyers gained leverage as rates and uncertainty cooled urgency, while sellers still priced carefully to attract serious offers in today&#039;s shifting US market. 30-yr rates touched the mid-6% range in Early-Q2, then moved into the low-6% range, keeping payment math central for buyers and sellers. Agent Survey Split Midwest sellers&#039; markets: 70% Northeast sellers&#039; markets: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":460,"featured_media":85,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","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\/84","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=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/86"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbyericanicolai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}