{"id":108,"date":"2026-10-14T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:00:00","slug":"u-s-sellers-outnumber-buyers-by-57-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/14\/u-s-sellers-outnumber-buyers-by-57-9\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sellers Outnumber Buyers by 57.9%"},"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\/felicia-hankerson\/home-sellers-listings-remotion-videos-9039\" 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>This past Mid-Q3, we saw the widest gap between sellers and buyers in the U.S. since 2013\u2014a 57.9% difference, with 1.53 million sellers compared to 972,300 buyers nationwide. Inventory climbed, with listings up 3.9% month-over-month, marking the largest spike on record for the major portals, while buyer activity ticked up just 0.1%. As a result, three out of five homes sold below their original list price, giving active buyers more room to negotiate. Still, affordability remained challenging: 30-year mortgage rates stayed in the high-6% range, and the national median sale price was 2.2% higher than last year. With more owners feeling ready to list\u2014many emerging from earlier mortgage lock-in\u2014we\u2019re seeing increased options, though overall demand is still tight, with existing-home sales down 2% to a 3.98 million annual pace. For clients navigating complex life changes in Central &amp; North Jersey, these shifts create fresh considerations for both selling and buying strategies. My role is to offer clear, experienced guidance\u2014especially when protecting equity is paramount.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Mid-Q3, we saw the widest gap between sellers and buyers in the U.S. since 2013\u2014a 57.9% difference, with 1.53 million sellers compared to 972,300 buyers nationwide. Inventory climbed, with listings up 3.9% month-over-month, marking the largest spike on record for the major portals, while buyer activity ticked up just 0.1%. As a result, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}