{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/findequityloanswithrhonda-com\/2026\/09\/11\/buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","slug":"buy-now-or-wait-until-fall-tips-for-homebuyers-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/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>With mortgage rates reaching a one-year high of 6.66% and the national median home price now at $440,600 (up 1.8%), it\u2019s only natural to wonder: is it smarter to buy a home now, or wait until fall? Inventory currently sits at 4.6 months, which means buyers today face moderate competition and steady price growth. Buying now could bring the security of locking in your home and financial plan, while waiting might offer the possibility of lower prices and less buyer competition down the line. My approach is always to match your financing strategy to your long-term goals\u2014whether that\u2019s securing a primary home, expanding into investment properties, or building a path to lasting wealth. No two situations are alike, and with access to over 150 lender partners, I focus on solutions that fit your unique needs, no matter where you are in your homeownership journey.<\/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>With mortgage rates reaching a one-year high of 6.66% and the national median home price now at $440,600 (up 1.8%), it\u2019s only natural to wonder: is it smarter to buy a home now, or wait until fall? Inventory currently sits at 4.6 months, which means buyers today face moderate competition and steady price growth. Buying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":43,"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.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findequityloanswithrhonda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}