{"id":9518,"date":"2026-05-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/?p=9518"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:00:00","slug":"us-housing-recovery-hinges-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/us-housing-recovery-hinges-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US Housing Recovery Hinges on Iran"},"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\/lisa-miller-2\/us-housing-iran\"\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 US housing market stayed subdued as Treasury yields whipsawed and mortgage rates climbed, with conflict-driven uncertainty and higher oil prices keeping many buyers cautious.<br \/>\nThe conflict, which began in Late-Q1, had already hurt the national housing outlook. Mortgage rates moved above mid-6%, and mortgage professionals said business was slowing.<br \/>\nAn executive said the short-term picture looked grim, with war, inflation, oil prices, and layoffs weakening the economy and likely slowing housing activity further.<br \/>\nStill, the executive said long-term demand should persist, arguing people will keep buying, selling, and refinancing homes even after the current slowdown passes.<br \/>\nA blocked oil passage for weeks added inflation fears and pressure from higher oil prices, while markets and mortgage watchers were left waiting for clearer signals.<br \/>\nThe executive said improvement could come by Late-Q2 if the war ended, because lower Treasury yields and stronger optimism could help the mortgage<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US housing market stayed subdued as Treasury yields whipsawed and mortgage rates climbed, with conflict-driven uncertainty and higher oil prices keeping many buyers cautious. The conflict, which began in Late-Q1, had already hurt the national housing outlook. Mortgage rates moved above mid-6%, and mortgage professionals said business was slowing. An executive said the short-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2tw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9384,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/how-could-the-iran-war-affect-the-u-s-housing-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":9518,"position":0},"title":"How Could the Iran War Affect the U.S. Housing Market?","author":"admin","date":"March 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Mortgage rates rose to about 6.13% for a 30-year fixed loan, climbing above 6% after briefly dropping below that level, reflecting early market reactions to the conflict. 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