{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/hokeonhomes-com\/2026\/09\/17\/us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","slug":"us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/17\/us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low\/","title":{"rendered":"US Confidence Hits Seven-Mo Low"},"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\/michael-hoke-1\/consumer-confidence-just-hit-a-seven-month-low-heres-whats-driving-it-3c3d\"\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>As someone who\u2019s spent two decades helping York County families and investors make sense of shifting real estate markets, I always keep an eye on the latest confidence indicators. In Mid-Q3, US consumers actually felt a bit better about current conditions\u2014reflected in the present-conditions index rising by almost 7 points to 121. Yet, overall confidence softened, especially when people looked ahead: the expectations gauge dropped nearly 6 points to 68, a level historically linked to recession risks. During Early-Q3, employers cut 23,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate nudged up to around 4%. This wasn\u2019t due to a surge in hiring, but rather more folks leaving the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Even with these mixed signals, it\u2019s interesting to see that homebuying expectations only eased slightly in Mid-Q3, and demand kept climbing. About 61% of people still expect interest rates to rise. With federal policymakers keeping rates steady and the market not anticipating much relief anytime soon, we can expect borrowing costs to remain elevated through year-end.<\/p>\n<p>For those navigating this market\u2014whether buying, selling, or investing\u2014having current, local insights and a creative strategy is especially important. My commitment is to provide honest guidance and up-to-date market info, tailored to your unique goals. Let\u2019s make sure you\u2019re equipped to move forward with confidence, no matter what the headlines say.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent two decades helping York County families and investors make sense of shifting real estate markets, I always keep an eye on the latest confidence indicators. In Mid-Q3, US consumers actually felt a bit better about current conditions\u2014reflected in the present-conditions index rising by almost 7 points to 121. Yet, overall confidence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","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\/23","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=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}