{"id":14,"date":"2026-09-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/seabea-com\/2026\/09\/07\/u-s-office-downturn-where-investors-look\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:00:00","slug":"u-s-office-downturn-where-investors-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/07\/u-s-office-downturn-where-investors-look\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Office Downturn: Where Investors Look"},"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\/seabea-ghoph\/housing-listings-demand-remotion-videos-2a65\"\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>Inventory is quietly building in the US housing market: new listings are up 0.4% and total homes for sale have climbed 0.5%, both reaching their highest marks since late Q1 and mid Q2. Meanwhile, pending home sales dipped 1.1%\u2014now at a six-month low\u2014as many buyers pause, facing median prices above $400K and financing costs holding steady in the mid-6% range. Some buyers are waiting out economic uncertainty or holding out hope for better rates, but for those actively searching, this shift means more room to negotiate. Price cuts, concessions, rate buydowns, or repairs on homes with longer days on market are all on the table. An economist recently noted that buyers may have a window of opportunity before activity heats up later in late Q3, while sellers who price right from the start are still seeing the best results. Drawing from my innovative approach to representation and marketing, I always keep a close eye on these trends to help clients turn market shifts into advantages\u2014whether you\u2019re listing or looking.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inventory is quietly building in the US housing market: new listings are up 0.4% and total homes for sale have climbed 0.5%, both reaching their highest marks since late Q1 and mid Q2. Meanwhile, pending home sales dipped 1.1%\u2014now at a six-month low\u2014as many buyers pause, facing median prices above $400K and financing costs holding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":45,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seabea.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}