{"id":14,"date":"2026-09-23T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kristelgrondin-com\/2026\/09\/23\/more-homes-hit-the-market-as-demand-cools-referrals-are-the-lifeline-of-my-business-i-appreciate-all-referrals-promise-to-take-care-of-your-friends-family\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T17:00:00","slug":"more-homes-hit-the-market-as-demand-cools-referrals-are-the-lifeline-of-my-business-i-appreciate-all-referrals-promise-to-take-care-of-your-friends-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/23\/more-homes-hit-the-market-as-demand-cools-referrals-are-the-lifeline-of-my-business-i-appreciate-all-referrals-promise-to-take-care-of-your-friends-family\/","title":{"rendered":"More Homes Hit the Market as Demand Cools | Referrals are the lifeline of my business. I appreciate all referrals &#038; promise to take care of your friends &#038; family."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/kristel-grondin\/housing-listings-demand-remotion-videos-1689\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>We\u2019re seeing some interesting shifts in the housing market lately: Over the four weeks ending August 23, new home listings in the US ticked up by 0.4%, and total homes for sale grew by 0.5%\u2014the highest inventory we\u2019ve seen since early Q2. That\u2019s making it a promising time for buyers, even as pending sales dropped 1.1% to a six-month low, thanks to high housing costs keeping many on the sidelines. The median US home-sale price is now up 1.9% year-over-year, just over $400K, with average mortgage rates hovering around 7%\u2014the highest in 13 months.<\/p>\n<p>For those actively searching, this boost in inventory and lighter demand has opened up more opportunities to negotiate on price or even ask for concessions, especially on homes that have been listed for several weeks. Sellers are finding that realistic pricing is key\u2014chasing last year\u2019s numbers isn\u2019t the winning strategy in this environment.<\/p>\n<p>My approach as a residential real estate specialist is to guide both buyers and sellers through these market dynamics. Whether you\u2019re navigating a major life change like divorce, inheritance, or downsizing, it\u2019s all about leveraging market knowledge and negotiation expertise to help you reach your real estate goals.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re seeing some interesting shifts in the housing market lately: Over the four weeks ending August 23, new home listings in the US ticked up by 0.4%, and total homes for sale grew by 0.5%\u2014the highest inventory we\u2019ve seen since early Q2. That\u2019s making it a promising time for buyers, even as pending sales dropped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220,"featured_media":29,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kristelgrondin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}