{"id":7,"date":"2026-09-07T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/askcindieburns-com\/2026\/09\/07\/why-american-buyers-are-finally-getting-leverage-northcarolinarealestate-durhamrealestate-rdurealestate-durhamrealtor-ncrealtor-ncrealtors-durhamrealtor-cindieburns\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:00:00","slug":"why-american-buyers-are-finally-getting-leverage-northcarolinarealestate-durhamrealestate-rdurealestate-durhamrealtor-ncrealtor-ncrealtors-durhamrealtor-cindieburns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/07\/why-american-buyers-are-finally-getting-leverage-northcarolinarealestate-durhamrealestate-rdurealestate-durhamrealtor-ncrealtor-ncrealtors-durhamrealtor-cindieburns\/","title":{"rendered":"Why American Buyers Are Finally Getting Leverage | #northcarolinarealestate #durhamrealestate #rdurealestate #durhamrealtor #ncrealtor #ncrealtors #durhamrealtor #cindieburns"},"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\/cindie-burns\/americans-lev-finally\" 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 my decades of experience helping buyers and sellers navigate the Durham real estate market, I\u2019ve seen the landscape shift many times. Right now, buyers are starting to see a welcome change: more negotiating power. As competition eases and the market moves away from the seller-driven frenzy, builders are rolling out incentives, mortgage-rate buydowns, and price adjustments to encourage hesitant buyers. With more homes available, there\u2019s finally the flexibility to compare options instead of rushing into a decision. Of course, elevated mortgage rates are still a challenge\u2014cautious demand remains. But these new opportunities can make a real difference for those ready to make a move.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my decades of experience helping buyers and sellers navigate the Durham real estate market, I\u2019ve seen the landscape shift many times. Right now, buyers are starting to see a welcome change: more negotiating power. As competition eases and the market moves away from the seller-driven frenzy, builders are rolling out incentives, mortgage-rate buydowns, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askcindieburns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}