{"id":37,"date":"2026-09-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/steedrollinsrealtor-com\/2026\/09\/24\/buyers-casting-a-wider-net-in-search-of-their-next-home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:00:00","slug":"buyers-casting-a-wider-net-in-search-of-their-next-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/24\/buyers-casting-a-wider-net-in-search-of-their-next-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyers casting a wider net in search of their next home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who has spent decades navigating our local real estate market, I\u2019m seeing more buyers expand their search well beyond traditional metro boundaries. In fact, affordability concerns are prompting 60.1% of homebuyers to look outside metro areas\u2014up from 48.2% before the pandemic. In pricier markets, more than 90% are exploring options elsewhere. What\u2019s also notable: out-of-market buyers are showing increased interest in new homes across more affordable Southern regions. With my experience as both a Listing Agent and a Buyer&#039;s Agent, I\u2019m always attentive to these shifts\u2014making sure my clients\u2019 interests are protected as we explore the best opportunities together.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatenews.com\/2026\/08\/26\/buyers-casting-a-wider-net-in-search-of-their-next-home\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who has spent decades navigating our local real estate market, I\u2019m seeing more buyers expand their search well beyond traditional metro boundaries. In fact, affordability concerns are prompting 60.1% of homebuyers to look outside metro areas\u2014up from 48.2% before the pandemic. In pricier markets, more than 90% are exploring options elsewhere. What\u2019s also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":449,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","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\/37","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=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}