{"id":19,"date":"2026-09-21T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/keys2homes-com\/2026\/09\/21\/the-best-time-to-buy-a-home-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T15:00:00","slug":"the-best-time-to-buy-a-home-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/the-best-time-to-buy-a-home-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Time to Buy a Home in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/divya-sharma-1\/home-buyers-save-remotion-videos-e3db\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Timing can make a meaningful difference when searching for your next home. According to national trends, the period from September 27 to October 3 in 2026 is projected to offer buyers a rare combination: more inventory, less competition, and increased negotiating flexibility. During that week, active listings could be up by 31.9% compared to the start of the year and 13.3% above the average week\u2014giving buyers a wider selection across the country. Listing prices are expected to fall 3.5% below their seasonal peak, which could mean about $14,000 in savings on a median-priced US home (roughly $416,000). Competition is set to be down 30.1% from its annual high, and homes are predicted to spend around 64 days on market, giving buyers more breathing room to make thoughtful choices. These trends echo what I see in the Austin area: as listings gradually increase and buyer activity shifts in the early fall, there\u2019s often both a broader selection and more space to negotiate. For anyone weighing a move, understanding these seasonal patterns and how they play out locally is key to making confident, informed decisions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timing can make a meaningful difference when searching for your next home. According to national trends, the period from September 27 to October 3 in 2026 is projected to offer buyers a rare combination: more inventory, less competition, and increased negotiating flexibility. During that week, active listings could be up by 31.9% compared to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keys2homes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}