{"id":61,"date":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/pamlovett-com\/2026\/10\/28\/us-buyers-gain-more-listing-leverage\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T10:00:00","slug":"us-buyers-gain-more-listing-leverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/28\/us-buyers-gain-more-listing-leverage\/","title":{"rendered":"US Buyers Gain More Listing Leverage"},"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\/pam-arthur-lovett\/new-listings-homebuyers-remotion-videos\" 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>It&#039;s not every day we see the market tip a bit more in buyers\u2019 favor, but that&#039;s what\u2019s unfolding lately. The nationwide median listing price has slipped by about 2% year-over-year to $429,500 in mid-Q2, opening up opportunities we haven&#039;t seen in quite some time. Even the price per square foot is down ~3%, showing a real shift from the wild, fast-paced days of the pandemic toward more reasonable expectations from sellers.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also more to choose from\u2014active listings are up around 6% from last month, and 2% over last year. For anyone weighing their next move, this means more time to look, compare, and consider before making the big decision. While over 17% of listings are still seeing price reductions, the fact that this share is lower than last year suggests sellers are starting out with more realistic pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Affordability is still a hurdle for many, but with asking prices easing and options expanding, there&#039;s a little more breathing room and a lot more negotiating power for buyers. After 26 years of watching Hinesville\u2019s market shift and change, I can tell you: moments like this don\u2019t come around often. If you\u2019re considering a move, it\u2019s a good time to take a closer look at what\u2019s out there.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#039;s not every day we see the market tip a bit more in buyers\u2019 favor, but that&#039;s what\u2019s unfolding lately. The nationwide median listing price has slipped by about 2% year-over-year to $429,500 in mid-Q2, opening up opportunities we haven&#039;t seen in quite some time. Even the price per square foot is down ~3%, showing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":562,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/562"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}