{"id":177,"date":"2026-11-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/02\/u-s-buyers-gain-negotiating-power-strategically-priced-expertly-marketed-under-agreement-in-less-than-two-days\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T12:00:00","slug":"u-s-buyers-gain-negotiating-power-strategically-priced-expertly-marketed-under-agreement-in-less-than-two-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/02\/u-s-buyers-gain-negotiating-power-strategically-priced-expertly-marketed-under-agreement-in-less-than-two-days\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Buyers Gain Negotiating Power | Strategically priced. Expertly marketed. Under agreement in less than two days."},"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\/maher-khatib\/home-prices-rise-in-78-of-metros-while-weekly-demand-sinks-to-a-low-remotion-videos-a1fc\" 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>Experts said higher mortgage rates can pressure US home prices, but they are only one force; jobs, incomes and available homes shape outcomes too.<br \/>\nLimited inventory was cited as a key buffer when rates rise, helping prices stay firmer even as buyer demand softens nationally over time.<br \/>\nAnalysts said owners locked into lower mortgage costs may delay selling, while some sellers may pull listings instead of accepting lower offers.<br \/>\nThat supply restraint can keep US pricing more resilient than demand alone might suggest, especially when local job markets and broader economic conditions stay solid.<br \/>\nWhat happened next depended on more than mortgage rates alone, with the economy, household incomes and homes for sale all shaping the path.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts said higher mortgage rates can pressure US home prices, but they are only one force; jobs, incomes and available homes shape outcomes too. Limited inventory was cited as a key buffer when rates rise, helping prices stay firmer even as buyer demand softens nationally over time. Analysts said owners locked into lower mortgage costs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}