{"id":139,"date":"2026-10-04T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2026-10-04T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:00:00","slug":"housing-options-expand-offering-buyers-more-choices-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/housing-options-expand-offering-buyers-more-choices-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Options Expand, Offering Buyers More Choices in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a noticeable shift in the housing market: overall inventory climbed, with U.S. listings up 1.2% from July and 3% year-over-year\u2014even though new listings actually fell by 5%. At the same time, pending sales edged down 0.2% and median list prices slipped 1.3%. The uptick in mortgage rates continues to cool the pace of activity. For those navigating distressed or bank-owned properties, these trends offer fresh opportunities and challenges. In my work evaluating market shifts for buyers and sellers alike, staying attuned to these changes is key to making informed decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsmanguide.com\/news\/housing-inventory-grows-as-sales-momentum-fades-in-august\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a noticeable shift in the housing market: overall inventory climbed, with U.S. listings up 1.2% from July and 3% year-over-year\u2014even though new listings actually fell by 5%. At the same time, pending sales edged down 0.2% and median list prices slipped 1.3%. The uptick in mortgage rates continues to cool the pace of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}