{"id":2931,"date":"2026-10-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/?p=2931"},"modified":"2026-10-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:00:00","slug":"first-time-buyers-gain-negotiating-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/30\/first-time-buyers-gain-negotiating-power\/","title":{"rendered":"First-Time Buyers Gain Negotiating Power"},"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\/emily-denney-1\/mortgage-rates-prime-remotion-videos-f141\" 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>In today\u2019s US market, first-time buyers have more leverage as entry-level competition eased, giving them extra time to compare homes and negotiate.<br \/>\nA listings platform found nationwide starter-home inventory \u2191~5% yearly, while the typical entry-level home now sits near $202K and is \u2191~2% yearly.<br \/>\nElevated borrowing costs remained a hurdle, with 30-yr fixed mortgage rates averaging ~7% in the previous month as inflation kept pressuring household budgets.<br \/>\nLeverage is strongest on overpriced, lingering, or fixer-upper homes, where buyers can negotiate seller credits, closing-cost help, repairs, longer inspections, or appliances.<br \/>\nIf a home fits your budget now, buying before rates fall could avoid a rush of returning buyers that might bring competition and higher prices.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s US market, first-time buyers have more leverage as entry-level competition eased, giving them extra time to compare homes and negotiate. A listings platform found nationwide starter-home inventory \u2191~5% yearly, while the typical entry-level home now sits near $202K and is \u2191~2% yearly. Elevated borrowing costs remained a hurdle, with 30-yr fixed mortgage rates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":2932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3165,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions\/3165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}