{"id":38,"date":"2026-10-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:00:00","slug":"the-housing-market-is-getting-more-expensive-to-wait-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/the-housing-market-is-getting-more-expensive-to-wait-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Housing Market Is Getting More Expensive to Wait Out"},"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\/mary-lavin-1\/getting-wait-ex\" 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 North Texas market, waiting to buy a home can come with hidden costs. With higher borrowing rates, putting off your purchase might mean you end up with larger monthly payments\u2014especially if financing conditions don\u2019t improve. And while some hope for prices to drop, the reality is that home values aren\u2019t falling fast enough to balance out those higher rates. At Lavin Group Realty, our approach is always to look at the full picture for our clients: overall cost, financing options, and how much negotiating power you actually have in specific neighborhoods. In some parts of Dallas\u2013Fort Worth and the surrounding counties, increased inventory is giving buyers a little more room to negotiate, and that\u2019s where our local expertise comes in. The decision to wait or move forward isn\u2019t just about interest rates\u2014it\u2019s about weighing total costs and opportunities in your preferred community. Our team is here to guide you through those choices with honest, local insight so you can make the best move for your family, lifestyle, and budget.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s North Texas market, waiting to buy a home can come with hidden costs. With higher borrowing rates, putting off your purchase might mean you end up with larger monthly payments\u2014especially if financing conditions don\u2019t improve. And while some hope for prices to drop, the reality is that home values aren\u2019t falling fast enough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/40"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavingroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}