{"id":148,"date":"2026-10-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2026-10-27T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T10:00:00","slug":"the-housing-market-is-getting-more-expensive-to-wait-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/27\/the-housing-market-is-getting-more-expensive-to-wait-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Housing Market Is Getting More Expensive to Wait Out"},"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\/michael-hoke-1\/getting-wait-ex\" 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>Higher borrowing costs are raising the cost of delaying a purchase, as buyers who wait face potentially larger monthly payments if financing conditions remain elevated.<br \/>\nHome prices are not falling fast enough to offset financing costs, meaning waiting for a cheaper home does not automatically guarantee a lower overall purchase cost.<br \/>\nBuyers still have negotiating opportunities in some markets, particularly where inventory has improved and sellers are competing for fewer offers.<br \/>\nTakeaway: Waiting can make sense for some buyers, but the decision now depends on the full cost of financing, price and negotiating leverage\u2014not rates alone.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Higher borrowing costs are raising the cost of delaying a purchase, as buyers who wait face potentially larger monthly payments if financing conditions remain elevated. Home prices are not falling fast enough to offset financing costs, meaning waiting for a cheaper home does not automatically guarantee a lower overall purchase cost. Buyers still have negotiating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}