{"id":16,"date":"2026-09-13T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/debidonner-com\/2026\/09\/13\/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:00:00","slug":"buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/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 a Luxury Real Estate Specialist serving Johnson County and the Greater Kansas City area, I\u2019m seeing mortgage rates reach a one-year high at 6.66%, with average home prices rising 1.8% to $440,600 and inventory holding steady at 4.6 months. For those considering a move in 2026, securing your next home now can mean peace of mind and protection against steady price increases. On the other hand, waiting until fall could bring slightly lower prices and less buyer competition. Navigating these options is all about understanding what matters most to you\u2014timing, stability, and lifestyle. My focus is always on helping clients make informed decisions tailored to their unique needs in our dynamic Kansas City market.<\/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 a Luxury Real Estate Specialist serving Johnson County and the Greater Kansas City area, I\u2019m seeing mortgage rates reach a one-year high at 6.66%, with average home prices rising 1.8% to $440,600 and inventory holding steady at 4.6 months. For those considering a move in 2026, securing your next home now can mean peace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}