{"id":9820,"date":"2026-07-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/?p=9820"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T19:00:00","slug":"why-home-sales-are-poised-to-pick-up-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/why-home-sales-are-poised-to-pick-up-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Home Sales Are Poised to Pick up This Summer"},"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\/home-sale-summer-rise-2026\"\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>Slide 1<br \/>\nMore buyers are returning\u2014mortgage rate locks jumped 14% year-over-year, the strongest signal of rising home sales in over three years.<\/p>\n<p>Slide 2<br \/>\nBuyers aren&#039;t waiting for ultra-low rates anymore\u2014they&#039;re realizing today&#039;s market may be the new normal.<\/p>\n<p>Slide 3<br \/>\nMore homes are finally available, giving buyers better choices and stronger negotiating power than last year&#039;s market.<\/p>\n<p>Slide 4<br \/>\nPending home sales recently reached their highest level since May, hinting that more closings could follow this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Slide 5<br \/>\nSales won&#039;t likely boom, but improving inventory and steadier rates are slowly bringing hesitant buyers back.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slide 1 More buyers are returning\u2014mortgage rate locks jumped 14% year-over-year, the strongest signal of rising home sales in over three years. Slide 2 Buyers aren&#039;t waiting for ultra-low rates anymore\u2014they&#039;re realizing today&#039;s market may be the new normal. Slide 3 More homes are finally available, giving buyers better choices and stronger negotiating power than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9821,"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-9820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2yo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9233,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/which-2025-housing-vibes-follow-us-into-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":9820,"position":0},"title":"Which 2025 Housing Vibes Follow Us Into 2026?","author":"admin","date":"February 12, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Slide 1 More homes in 2025: inventory jumps ~9%, third year rising\u2014yet 2026 stays quietly seller-leaning. 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