{"id":229,"date":"2026-10-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/?p=229"},"modified":"2026-10-19T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:00:00","slug":"us-buyers-gain-more-listing-leverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/19\/us-buyers-gain-more-listing-leverage\/","title":{"rendered":"US Buyers Gain More Listing Leverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/louise-lamy-1690535\/new-listings-homebuyers-remotion-videos\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Nationwide median listing price \u2193~2% yearly to $429.5K in Mid-Q2, giving buyers a clearer opening after years of tight conditions and competition.<br \/>\nAsking prices showed broader softness: price per sq-ft \u2193~3%, marking a notable shift from the pandemic-era frenzy toward more grounded seller expectations.<br \/>\nActive listings in Mid-Q2 were \u2191~6% MoM and \u2191~2% yearly, expanding options for buyers comparing homes carefully before making offers in 2026.<br \/>\nEven with &gt;17% of active listings taking reductions, the lower yearly share suggests sellers are pricing more realistically upfront before listing.<br \/>\nAffordability remains challenging, but lower asking prices plus expanding inventory point to a less competitive market and more negotiating power for buyers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nationwide median listing price \u2193~2% yearly to $429.5K in Mid-Q2, giving buyers a clearer opening after years of tight conditions and competition. Asking prices showed broader softness: price per sq-ft \u2193~3%, marking a notable shift from the pandemic-era frenzy toward more grounded seller expectations. Active listings in Mid-Q2 were \u2191~6% MoM and \u2191~2% yearly, expanding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229","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\/229","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=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229\/revisions\/249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}