{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kimkroner-com\/2026\/09\/17\/us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low-dm-me-for-more-information\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","slug":"us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low-dm-me-for-more-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/17\/us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low-dm-me-for-more-information\/","title":{"rendered":"US Confidence Hits Seven-Mo Low | DM me for more information"},"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\/kim-kroner\/consumer-confidence-just-hit-a-seven-month-low-heres-whats-driving-it-3c3d\"\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>Lately, I\u2019ve noticed a shift in how people are feeling about the economy\u2014something that\u2019s echoed in the latest confidence data. While folks are still fairly positive about current conditions (with the present-conditions index rising about 7 points to 121), there\u2019s clearly more caution about what\u2019s ahead. The expectations index dropped roughly 6 points to 68, a level that\u2019s often been associated with recession concerns. Early in the third quarter, we saw employers cut 23,000 jobs, and unemployment nudged up to around 4%, mostly because more people left the labor force rather than an uptick in hiring.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, despite these signals, the optimism around homebuying is surprisingly resilient. Even as confidence softens, enthusiasm for entering the market only eased a bit mid-Q3 and continued to trend upward. About 61% of people still expect interest rates to rise. With federal policymakers holding rates steady and markets anticipating little near-term relief, it seems we\u2019ll be navigating higher borrowing costs through the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>For those considering their next move in Northern Virginia\u2014especially in communities like Ashburn, Brambleton, or One Loudoun\u2014these trends are more than just numbers. My deep local expertise helps families not just interpret the big picture, but truly understand how these shifts might affect their own buying journey. It\u2019s about making sure your next step is not just smart, but right for you and your lifestyle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I\u2019ve noticed a shift in how people are feeling about the economy\u2014something that\u2019s echoed in the latest confidence data. While folks are still fairly positive about current conditions (with the present-conditions index rising about 7 points to 121), there\u2019s clearly more caution about what\u2019s ahead. The expectations index dropped roughly 6 points to 68, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}