{"id":19,"date":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/bessieconwayrealestate-com\/2026\/10\/08\/homebuyers-stay-engaged-despite-changing-mortgage-rates\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T09:00:00","slug":"homebuyers-stay-engaged-despite-changing-mortgage-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/homebuyers-stay-engaged-despite-changing-mortgage-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Homebuyers Stay Engaged Despite Changing Mortgage Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>With mortgage rates hovering close to 7%, it\u2019s not surprising to see the pace of contract signings in our market slow down\u2014down 4.7% from last year. As someone who works daily with buyers and sellers across Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and the surrounding Maryland areas, I\u2019m seeing firsthand how these rates are shaping decisions. Home prices continue to shift unevenly by region, and affordability remains a real challenge for many clients. Navigating this landscape requires a careful approach to both timing and strategy, and I\u2019m committed to helping my clients make informed moves, whether they\u2019re buying, selling, or investing.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/news\/real-estate-news\/economy\/contract-signings-barely-budge-as-mortgage-rates-take-center-stage\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With mortgage rates hovering close to 7%, it\u2019s not surprising to see the pace of contract signings in our market slow down\u2014down 4.7% from last year. As someone who works daily with buyers and sellers across Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and the surrounding Maryland areas, I\u2019m seeing firsthand how these rates are shaping decisions. Home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}