{"id":61,"date":"2026-10-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2026-10-01T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:00:00","slug":"us-buyers-navigate-14-month-cost-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.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\/kathy-blevins-stockley\/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 today\u2019s real estate market isn\u2019t for the faint of heart, especially with monthly payments for the typical US homebuyer reaching $2,600 by late Q3\u2014a 14-month high. Mortgage rates have climbed, and median sale prices remain firm, with the national median home-sale price up about 2% from last year to roughly $399,000. This combination is putting extra pressure on affordability and has helped keep pending sales flat compared to the previous month and lower than last year.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who\u2019s guided buyers and sellers through many market ups and downs in Oxford, Lapeer, and the surrounding Michigan communities, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how the right pricing strategy makes all the difference. In fact, around 21% of active listings nationwide recently cut prices, and sharper pricing has helped attract more attention from buyers\u2014while overpricing tends to create hesitation. Even as new listings dipped a bit around the holidays, inventory has actually improved, with active supply up about 2% year-over-year to 1.5 million homes and nearly four months of supply available. While that\u2019s still below what we\u2019d call a balanced market, it\u2019s a positive step for both buyers and sellers.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping clients informed and prepared is always my priority\u2014especially in times like these where every detail counts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating today\u2019s real estate market isn\u2019t for the faint of heart, especially with monthly payments for the typical US homebuyer reaching $2,600 by late Q3\u2014a 14-month high. Mortgage rates have climbed, and median sale prices remain firm, with the national median home-sale price up about 2% from last year to roughly $399,000. This combination is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/63"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}