{"id":28,"date":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/hokeonhomes-com\/2026\/09\/20\/summer-homebuyers-find-creative-solutions-amid-rising-costs\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","slug":"summer-homebuyers-find-creative-solutions-amid-rising-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/summer-homebuyers-find-creative-solutions-amid-rising-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Homebuyers Find Creative Solutions Amid Rising Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>This summer, many in our community are feeling the effects of rising costs in the housing market. Recent numbers show existing-home sales dipped 1.7% from June to July, though they remain 0.7% higher than last year. With mortgage rates hovering around 6.6% and inventory staying low, it&#039;s no surprise that buyer activity has slowed and affordability is a growing concern\u2014especially for first-time buyers facing a median home price of $434,100. As someone who\u2019s spent 20 years helping York County families and investors make sense of the real estate landscape, I know how overwhelming these shifts can feel. My approach blends creative problem-solving with up-to-date local insight, so you can navigate these market changes with confidence and clarity. Whether you\u2019re planning your first move or your next investment, understanding the numbers is the first step to making the best decision for your goals.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/news\/real-estate-news\/economy\/rising-costs-are-weighing-on-home-sales-this-summer\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, many in our community are feeling the effects of rising costs in the housing market. Recent numbers show existing-home sales dipped 1.7% from June to July, though they remain 0.7% higher than last year. With mortgage rates hovering around 6.6% and inventory staying low, it&#039;s no surprise that buyer activity has slowed and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","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\/28","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=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}