{"id":913,"date":"2026-10-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/?p=913"},"modified":"2026-10-25T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:00:00","slug":"u-s-buyers-balance-budgets-and-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/25\/u-s-buyers-balance-budgets-and-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Buyers Balance Budgets and Priorities"},"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\/buyers-budget-priorities-remotion-videos-318e\" 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>A national homebuying survey found 77% of recent US buyers spent more than planned, showing how often budgets shifted while balancing price, location, and features.<br \/>\nTradeoffs extended beyond price: 21% bought fewer bedrooms than wanted, and 21% accepted a smaller yard to secure a home during purchase.<br \/>\nCommon compromises included financing shifts: 29% made larger down payments, 29% accepted higher mortgage rates, 28% took larger mortgages, and 15% accepted another neighborhood.<br \/>\nAmong surveyed baby boomers, 53% stayed within budget, while millennials and Generation X were most likely to spend at least $80K more than planned.<br \/>\nThe survey also showed guidance matters: 34% wanted more education from their agent and lender, while buyers benefit from defining must-haves before touring homes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A national homebuying survey found 77% of recent US buyers spent more than planned, showing how often budgets shifted while balancing price, location, and features. Tradeoffs extended beyond price: 21% bought fewer bedrooms than wanted, and 21% accepted a smaller yard to secure a home during purchase. Common compromises included financing shifts: 29% made larger [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-913","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\/913","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=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1033,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913\/revisions\/1033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.emilydenneyliveinwyomingrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}