{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/homeswithdarlene-net\/2026\/09\/23\/why-buyers-and-sellers-are-stuck\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T09:00:00","slug":"why-buyers-and-sellers-are-stuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/2026\/09\/23\/why-buyers-and-sellers-are-stuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Buyers and Sellers Are Stuck"},"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\/darlene-hinman\/buyers-sellers-stuck\"\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>Lately, many folks are finding themselves in a bit of a housing standstill. With mortgage rates climbing, it\u2019s no wonder some buyers are holding off\u2014monthly payments are a lot to swallow right now. I\u2019m also seeing fewer pending sales, which really just means more people are pausing their search before making an offer. On the flip side, homeowners with those lower, locked-in rates aren\u2019t too excited to list their properties and give up their affordable payments. All of this adds up to a quieter market than we\u2019re used to\u2014buyers hoping for better options, sellers reluctant to say goodbye to their great rates, and not much movement in between. If you\u2019re feeling a little stuck or unsure about your next step, know you\u2019re not alone. I\u2019m always here to help make sense of things and keep your experience as easy and stress-free as possible.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, many folks are finding themselves in a bit of a housing standstill. With mortgage rates climbing, it\u2019s no wonder some buyers are holding off\u2014monthly payments are a lot to swallow right now. I\u2019m also seeing fewer pending sales, which really just means more people are pausing their search before making an offer. On the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":51,"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.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}