{"id":31,"date":"2026-09-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/drhomesrealtor-com\/2026\/09\/16\/more-homes-hit-the-market-as-demand-cools\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T16:00:00","slug":"more-homes-hit-the-market-as-demand-cools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/16\/more-homes-hit-the-market-as-demand-cools\/","title":{"rendered":"More Homes Hit the Market as Demand Cools"},"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\/kyle-lubsen\/housing-listings-demand-remotion-videos-1689-8136\"\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 a shift in the housing market right now\u2014one that can really open doors for buyers. Over the four weeks ending August 23, there was a small but real uptick in new US listings (up 0.4% week over week) and a 0.5% rise in total homes for sale, reaching the highest point we&#039;ve seen since early Q2. Yet, pending home sales dropped 1.1% to a six-month low, mostly because high housing costs are keeping many folks on the sidelines, even as more homes become available nationwide. The median US sale price climbed 1.9% year-over-year, now sitting above $400,000, and average mortgage rates are hovering near 7%\u2014close to a 13-month high. If you\u2019re actively shopping, this environment could work in your favor: more inventory and less competition mean there\u2019s extra room to negotiate, whether you\u2019re hoping for a price cut or other concessions. In my experience working with home buyers and sellers across Shelby and Jefferson Counties, I\u2019ve seen that homes lingering on the market for a few weeks often present real opportunities for leverage, especially when sellers set realistic expectations rather than chasing last year\u2019s prices. If your family is weighing a move, now might be the right time to have a real conversation about what\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re seeing a shift in the housing market right now\u2014one that can really open doors for buyers. Over the four weeks ending August 23, there was a small but real uptick in new US listings (up 0.4% week over week) and a 0.5% rise in total homes for sale, reaching the highest point we&#039;ve seen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drhomesrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}