{"id":18,"date":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/davidmaldonadorealtor-com\/2026\/09\/13\/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:00:00","slug":"buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy now or wait until fall? Tips for homebuyers in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s spent years making tough calls\u2014both in the Army and now advocating for homebuyers\u2014I know decisions like when to buy a home aren\u2019t always black and white. Mortgage rates have reached a one-year high at 6.66%, and the average home price now sits at $440,600, up 1.8%. With housing supply at 4.6 months, it\u2019s a market that calls for a smart strategy. Right now, buying brings home security and a chance to get ahead of further price increases. Waiting until fall could mean less competition and potentially lower prices. My approach is always about weighing the options, negotiating hard, and making sure you\u2019re positioned to win\u2014whether that\u2019s now or later. That\u2019s the art of negotiation, and it\u2019s how I help my clients find the right move for their next chapter.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sponsor-story\/real-estate-ausa\/2026\/08\/21\/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026\/91389661007\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent years making tough calls\u2014both in the Army and now advocating for homebuyers\u2014I know decisions like when to buy a home aren\u2019t always black and white. Mortgage rates have reached a one-year high at 6.66%, and the average home price now sits at $440,600, up 1.8%. With housing supply at 4.6 months, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}