{"id":93,"date":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/?p=93"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:00:00","slug":"housing-data-gives-buyers-more-leverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/15\/housing-data-gives-buyers-more-leverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Data Gives Buyers More Leverage"},"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\/karthikeyan-krishnakumar\/september-housing-leverage-remotion-videos-361c\" 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>We\u2019re seeing an interesting shift in the housing market: nearly 21% of active listings had price cuts in late Q3, and inventory climbed above 1.16 million homes\u2014now within about 9% of pre-pandemic levels. For buyers in Charlotte, this means more choices and better chances to negotiate. However, with homes under contract down about 4% year-over-year for the second month, it\u2019s clear that higher mortgage rates are still making affordability a challenge for many. The national median list price sits at around $419,000, which is down roughly 1% both monthly and yearly, continuing an 11-month streak of annual price declines. Price per square foot dropped about 2% year-over-year. Sellers are mostly sticking it out, with only about 6% of listings delisted\u2014steady compared to last year. Instead, more owners are adjusting prices and opening the door to negotiations. As someone who helps families and investors navigate Charlotte\u2019s real estate landscape, I\u2019m closely watching to see if these price cuts will spark more contracts, or if rising inventory and careful buyer activity will keep this adjustment period going. Navigating these changes with local perspective and up-to-date data makes all the difference.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re seeing an interesting shift in the housing market: nearly 21% of active listings had price cuts in late Q3, and inventory climbed above 1.16 million homes\u2014now within about 9% of pre-pandemic levels. For buyers in Charlotte, this means more choices and better chances to negotiate. However, with homes under contract down about 4% year-over-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":94,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions\/95"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thekkhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}