{"id":132,"date":"2026-10-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:00:00","slug":"usa-buyers-are-watching-not-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/22\/usa-buyers-are-watching-not-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Buyers Are Watching, Not Closing"},"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\/spring-buying-surge-remotion-videos-66cb\" 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>Spring buyer engagement strengthened nationally, but existing-home sales rose far less, showing that more shoppers were active than able to complete purchases.<br \/>\nWith inventory also higher yearly, the mismatch pointed to a sizable group of ready buyers who stayed sidelined instead of reaching the closing table.<br \/>\nEngaged shoppers saved or shared listings, a stronger intent signal than casual browsing and a useful clue for tracking where US demand concentrated.<br \/>\nA brief window of ~6% borrowing costs earlier in the season revealed how even modest affordability relief can quickly bring more US buyers forward.<br \/>\nAs borrowing costs moved higher again and uncertainty weighed on households, pent-up demand stayed watchful, and better conditions could still unlock more closings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring buyer engagement strengthened nationally, but existing-home sales rose far less, showing that more shoppers were active than able to complete purchases. With inventory also higher yearly, the mismatch pointed to a sizable group of ready buyers who stayed sidelined instead of reaching the closing table. Engaged shoppers saved or shared listings, a stronger intent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132","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\/132","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=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions\/134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyfelicialistings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}