{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/priyajacobbatonrouge-com\/2026\/09\/12\/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:00:00","slug":"buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/12\/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy now or wait until fall? Tips for homebuyers in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As we move through 2026, I know many of you are debating whether to buy a home now or wait until the fall. It\u2019s not an easy decision, especially when mortgage rates have reached a one-year high at 6.66%, average home prices are up 1.8% to $440,600, and housing supply sits at 4.6 months. In my years as a Realtor and life coach, I\u2019ve seen how both the financial and emotional sides of homeownership come into play. Buying now can offer you the security and peace of mind that comes from settling into your own space\u2014even as prices rise modestly. On the other hand, waiting may mean lower prices and less competition, but that uncertainty can also create its own stress. My goal is always to help clients make thoughtful decisions that fit their unique situations, because every family\u2019s journey is different. If you\u2019re weighing your options, know that you\u2019re not alone\u2014navigating these transitions is my passion, and I believe your home journey should be guided with care and insight.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sponsor-story\/real-estate-ausa\/2026\/08\/21\/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026\/91389661007\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we move through 2026, I know many of you are debating whether to buy a home now or wait until the fall. It\u2019s not an easy decision, especially when mortgage rates have reached a one-year high at 6.66%, average home prices are up 1.8% to $440,600, and housing supply sits at 4.6 months. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":314,"featured_media":41,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/314"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.priyajacobbatonrouge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}