{"id":143,"date":"2026-10-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/?p=143"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:00:00","slug":"the-housing-market-is-getting-more-expensive-to-wait-out-call-susie-at-512-695-1481","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/15\/the-housing-market-is-getting-more-expensive-to-wait-out-call-susie-at-512-695-1481\/","title":{"rendered":"The Housing Market Is Getting More Expensive to Wait Out | Call Susie at 512-695-1481"},"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\/susie-kang\/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 market, the cost of waiting to buy a home is rising\u2014especially with higher borrowing rates making monthly payments more expensive if you hold off and those rates stay up. As someone who\u2019s spent 24 years navigating Austin real estate with an engineer\u2019s eye for detail, I\u2019ve seen that while home prices aren\u2019t dropping quickly enough to balance out these financing costs, waiting for a price dip doesn\u2019t always mean you\u2019ll pay less in the end. The real calculation is more nuanced: it\u2019s about weighing the total cost of financing, the price, and how much negotiating room you have\u2014not just watching rates alone. Certain Austin neighborhoods, especially where listings have grown and sellers are eager, still offer chances to negotiate. At the end of the day, whether you\u2019re a first-time buyer or a seasoned investor, the right decision comes down to a clear look at all the numbers and your long-term goals\u2014not just hoping for a better rate tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s market, the cost of waiting to buy a home is rising\u2014especially with higher borrowing rates making monthly payments more expensive if you hold off and those rates stay up. As someone who\u2019s spent 24 years navigating Austin real estate with an engineer\u2019s eye for detail, I\u2019ve seen that while home prices aren\u2019t dropping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}