{"id":74,"date":"2026-10-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/?p=74"},"modified":"2026-10-04T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T17:00:00","slug":"why-global-investors-watch-americas-cash-home-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/04\/why-global-investors-watch-americas-cash-home-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Global Investors Watch America&#8217;s Cash Home Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s always fascinating to see how global trends impact our local housing market. About a quarter of all existing home sales in the U.S. are cash transactions\u2014a clear signal that there\u2019s either robust demand or some buyers are facing lending hurdles. When cash sales rise alongside higher prices, it points to fierce competition for desirable properties. On the other hand, if cash sales are up but overall transaction volume is down, that can hint at buyers struggling to secure financing\u2014often shaped by unique local dynamics and even the activity of international investors. After guiding so many clients through changing markets, I\u2019ve found that understanding these patterns helps buyers and sellers stay a step ahead, no matter where they are in their homeownership journey.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbusinessoutlook.com\/why-global-investors-watch-americas-cash-home-sales\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s always fascinating to see how global trends impact our local housing market. About a quarter of all existing home sales in the U.S. are cash transactions\u2014a clear signal that there\u2019s either robust demand or some buyers are facing lending hurdles. When cash sales rise alongside higher prices, it points to fierce competition for desirable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":75,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","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\/74","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=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.louiseandbernie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}