{"id":14,"date":"2026-09-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/louiseandbernie-com\/2026\/09\/07\/why-american-buyers-are-finally-getting-leverage\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:00:00","slug":"why-american-buyers-are-finally-getting-leverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/07\/why-american-buyers-are-finally-getting-leverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Why American Buyers Are Finally Getting Leverage"},"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\/louise-lamy-1690535\/americans-lev-finally\"\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>After years of seller-driven markets, we&#039;re starting to see the pendulum swing: buyers are beginning to find real leverage in their home search. In many neighborhoods, competition has cooled enough that you can pause, compare, and weigh your options\u2014rather than feeling rushed to make an offer. Builders are taking notice, too, offering incentives like mortgage-rate buydowns and price adjustments to encourage buyers who may be on the fence. It\u2019s a welcome change for those who want more flexibility and negotiating room. Of course, higher mortgage rates are still top of mind for many, keeping demand measured even as new opportunities open up. With 25 years of helping clients\u2014from first-timers to seasoned investors\u2014I\u2019ve found that every shift in the market brings its own challenges and creative solutions. Now more than ever, a thoughtful approach makes all the difference.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of seller-driven markets, we&#039;re starting to see the pendulum swing: buyers are beginning to find real leverage in their home search. In many neighborhoods, competition has cooled enough that you can pause, compare, and weigh your options\u2014rather than feeling rushed to make an offer. Builders are taking notice, too, offering incentives like mortgage-rate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":44,"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.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}