{"id":82,"date":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:00:00","slug":"us-buyers-navigate-14-month-cost-high-dm-me-for-more-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/01\/us-buyers-navigate-14-month-cost-high-dm-me-for-more-information\/","title":{"rendered":"US Buyers Navigate 14-Month Cost High | 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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/kim-kroner\/mortgage-costs-high-0a00\" 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>Navigating the current market takes a strategic approach\u2014especially when monthly payments have climbed to $2,600, the highest in 14 months. With the national median sale price holding firm around $399,000 (up about 2% year-over-year), affordability remains a challenge, and pending sales are staying flat compared to last month and lower than last year. I\u2019m seeing this play out across Northern Virginia, where nuanced pricing decisions are making a real difference: about 21% of active listings nationally cut prices recently, and sharper pricing has helped draw in serious buyers while overpricing tends to stall momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Mortgage-purchase applications have dipped slightly, and new listings slowed a bit around the holidays, but inventory is improving\u2014active supply is up about 2% year-over-year to 1.5 million homes, with roughly four months of supply (still not quite a balanced market). In neighborhoods like Ashburn, Brambleton, and One Loudoun, understanding these shifts and how they affect both buyers and sellers is key. The right local strategy, grounded in real-time market knowledge, remains essential for matching families with both their ideal home and community.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating the current market takes a strategic approach\u2014especially when monthly payments have climbed to $2,600, the highest in 14 months. With the national median sale price holding firm around $399,000 (up about 2% year-over-year), affordability remains a challenge, and pending sales are staying flat compared to last month and lower than last year. I\u2019m seeing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":83,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","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\/82","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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}