{"id":65,"date":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/?p=65"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","slug":"housing-options-expand-offering-buyers-more-choices-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/housing-options-expand-offering-buyers-more-choices-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Options Expand, Offering Buyers More Choices in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>I\u2019ve always believed that navigating the housing market should feel welcoming, not overwhelming. In August, we saw housing inventory grow by 1.2% from July and 3% compared to last year\u2014even as new listings dipped by 5%. Pending sales edged down by 0.2% annually and median list prices slipped 1.3%. With mortgage rates on the rise, activity is naturally cooling a bit. It\u2019s a shifting landscape, but my goal remains to make every step as easy and stress-free as possible, guiding you through each change with a steady hand and a friendly smile.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotsmanguide.com\/news\/housing-inventory-grows-as-sales-momentum-fades-in-august\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always believed that navigating the housing market should feel welcoming, not overwhelming. In August, we saw housing inventory grow by 1.2% from July and 3% compared to last year\u2014even as new listings dipped by 5%. Pending sales edged down by 0.2% annually and median list prices slipped 1.3%. With mortgage rates on the rise, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","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\/65","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=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}