{"id":106,"date":"2026-10-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/?p=106"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:00:00","slug":"usa-pending-home-sales-edge-up-0-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/15\/usa-pending-home-sales-edge-up-0-3\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Pending Home Sales Edge up 0.3%"},"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\/chudiokafor\/nar-pending-home-sales-report-shows-03-increase-in-august-remotion-videos-2ac9\" 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>Pending home sales in the U.S. edged up a modest 0.3% in mid-Q3, reflecting a bit of renewed contract activity\u2014though it\u2019s still about 5% lower than last year, as many buyers continue to navigate higher mortgage rates. Despite the increased borrowing costs, job gains and stronger incomes are helping some buyers keep pace with rising home prices. Nationally, contract signings remain about 30% below pre-pandemic levels\u2014a reminder of how much the rhythm of our market has changed since the 2021 surge, when mortgage rates dipped near 3%. As someone who\u2019s helped clients through both those boom times and today\u2019s more measured pace, I always keep a close eye on pending sales as an early indicator of what\u2019s next. These contracts, which usually close within a month or two, offer valuable insights on upcoming sales activity\u2014even if financing or inspections sometimes stretch out the timeline.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pending home sales in the U.S. edged up a modest 0.3% in mid-Q3, reflecting a bit of renewed contract activity\u2014though it\u2019s still about 5% lower than last year, as many buyers continue to navigate higher mortgage rates. Despite the increased borrowing costs, job gains and stronger incomes are helping some buyers keep pace with rising [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}