{"id":79,"date":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","slug":"seller-concessions-reach-a-new-us-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/seller-concessions-reach-a-new-us-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Seller Concessions Reach a New US Peak"},"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\/seller-concessions-peak-remotion-videos-a033\" 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>I&#039;ve always believed that smooth, transparent transactions are key to a positive real estate experience. Lately, I&#039;ve seen sellers across the US responding to shifting market conditions by offering more concessions than ever\u2014about 45% of home sales in the recent 3-month period ending Mid-Q3 included some form of seller concession. That\u2019s the highest rate for Mid-Q3 since at least 2020, and it\u2019s up from around 43% the year before. What does this mean for buyers? You\u2019re not just seeing more flexible pricing; sellers are now frequently helping with repairs, closing costs, or even mortgage-rate buydowns to make homeownership more accessible. In fact, about 16% of homes sold nationally during this period combined a price reduction with a concession. In my own work in the Oxford\/Lapeer\/Lake Orion area, I\u2019m seeing negotiations evolve as sellers look for creative ways to make deals work for today\u2019s buyers. My goal remains the same: to keep you informed and guide you through every step, making sure your real estate journey is as seamless and successful as possible.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#039;ve always believed that smooth, transparent transactions are key to a positive real estate experience. Lately, I&#039;ve seen sellers across the US responding to shifting market conditions by offering more concessions than ever\u2014about 45% of home sales in the recent 3-month period ending Mid-Q3 included some form of seller concession. That\u2019s the highest rate for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","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=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}