{"id":21,"date":"2026-09-21T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/chrisdrewer-com\/2026\/09\/21\/why-buyers-and-sellers-are-stuck\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:00:00","slug":"why-buyers-and-sellers-are-stuck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/why-buyers-and-sellers-are-stuck\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Buyers and Sellers Are Stuck"},"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\/chris-drewer\/buyers-sellers-stuck\"\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>Navigating today\u2019s housing market can feel like a stalemate for many in Baltimore and the surrounding counties. With higher mortgage rates, buyers are finding it tougher to justify monthly payments, leading more people to pause their search. Meanwhile, pending sales are tapering off, a clear sign that fewer house hunters are moving forward with offers. On the flip side, many homeowners who already have low-rate mortgages aren\u2019t eager to list their homes, which limits new options for buyers. As a result, transactions across our region remain slow\u2014buyers are waiting for more favorable payments, and sellers don\u2019t want to give up their current loans. My extensive experience in the Baltimore, Baltimore County, Harford, Anne Arundel, and Howard real estate markets helps me guide clients through these complexities with insight and steady support.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating today\u2019s housing market can feel like a stalemate for many in Baltimore and the surrounding counties. With higher mortgage rates, buyers are finding it tougher to justify monthly payments, leading more people to pause their search. Meanwhile, pending sales are tapering off, a clear sign that fewer house hunters are moving forward with offers. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":46,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisdrewer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}