{"id":163,"date":"2026-11-09T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2026-11-09T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:00:00","slug":"what-buyers-should-watch-as-rates-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/09\/what-buyers-should-watch-as-rates-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"What Buyers Should Watch as Rates Shift"},"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\/barry-zwahlen\/buyers-expect-rates-remotion-videos-2393\" 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>In a recent US buyer survey, 57% expected rates to rise over the next year, while the share willing to wait for lower rates fell.<br \/>\nPurchase timing barely changed: 73% still intended to buy within a year, unchanged from the prior quarter and slightly above the yearly comparison.<br \/>\nAffordability still mattered, but pressure eased in the latest reading: 43% cited high home prices and 37% cited high interest rates as barriers.<br \/>\nMany buyers wanted financing clarity early. Among those starting with a lender, top goals were understanding rates, monthly payment, and needed cash upfront.<br \/>\nLower rates still appealed\u201443% said they might buy sooner if rates fell, and 47% said lower prices could accelerate plans for them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent US buyer survey, 57% expected rates to rise over the next year, while the share willing to wait for lower rates fell. Purchase timing barely changed: 73% still intended to buy within a year, unchanged from the prior quarter and slightly above the yearly comparison. Affordability still mattered, but pressure eased in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendaandbarryzwahlenrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}