{"id":70,"date":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","slug":"housing-options-expand-offering-buyers-more-choices-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/housing-options-expand-offering-buyers-more-choices-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Options Expand, Offering Buyers More Choices in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a noticeable shift in the housing market: inventory climbed 1.2% from July and 3% year-over-year, even as new listings dropped by 5%. Pending sales edged down 0.2%, and median list prices saw a 1.3% dip. With mortgage rates ticking higher, activity is cooling off a bit. As someone who thrives on negotiation and always keeps my clients\u2019 interests front and center, I see opportunities in these market changes. Whether you\u2019re navigating DC or Maryland real estate, having a disciplined strategy and the right advocate on your side can make all the difference\u2014especially as the pace of the market shifts.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsmanguide.com\/news\/housing-inventory-grows-as-sales-momentum-fades-in-august\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a noticeable shift in the housing market: inventory climbed 1.2% from July and 3% year-over-year, even as new listings dropped by 5%. Pending sales edged down 0.2%, and median list prices saw a 1.3% dip. With mortgage rates ticking higher, activity is cooling off a bit. As someone who thrives on negotiation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":71,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","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\/70","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=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmaldonadorealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}