{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-07T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/steedrollinsrealtor-com\/2026\/09\/07\/us-hoa-basics-every-buyer-should-know\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:00:00","slug":"us-hoa-basics-every-buyer-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/07\/us-hoa-basics-every-buyer-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"US HOA Basics Every Buyer Should Know"},"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\/steed-rollins\/housing-listings-demand-remotion-videos-1689-8136\"\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>The real estate landscape is always shifting, and right now we&#039;re seeing more homes coming on the market just as buyer demand cools. Over the four weeks ending August 23, new listings in the US edged up 0.4% week-over-week, and total homes for sale rose 0.5%\u2014the highest we&#039;ve seen since early Q2. Yet, pending home sales dipped 1.1% to a six-month low as high housing costs kept many buyers out of the game, even with more choices available nationwide. The median sale price is up 1.9% from last year, now topping $400,000, and average mortgage rates remain close to a 13-month high at around 7%. With inventory increasing and demand softening, buyers are finding more room to negotiate\u2014especially on homes that have been listed for several weeks. Sellers, on the other hand, are seeing the best results when they price their homes realistically rather than reaching for last year\u2019s highs. As both a listing and buyer\u2019s agent, I draw on decades of local knowledge and negotiation experience to help my clients navigate market conditions like these\u2014always with your interests front and center.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The real estate landscape is always shifting, and right now we&#039;re seeing more homes coming on the market just as buyer demand cools. Over the four weeks ending August 23, new listings in the US edged up 0.4% week-over-week, and total homes for sale rose 0.5%\u2014the highest we&#039;ve seen since early Q2. Yet, pending home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":449,"featured_media":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}