{"id":105,"date":"2026-10-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T14:00:00","slug":"price-cuts-hit-1-in-5-listings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/14\/price-cuts-hit-1-in-5-listings\/","title":{"rendered":"Price Cuts Hit 1 in 5 Listings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/sbgal\/price-cuts-listings-remotion-videos-2b94\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Navigating the ever-shifting real estate landscape takes more than luck\u2014it takes strategy. By late Q3, one in five listings across the country saw price cuts, while less than 6% were delisted. Sellers, in many cases, chose to stay in the market and recalibrate their expectations rather than withdraw. Meanwhile, the conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed from the high 6% range to above 7% mid-month and continued to rise, reshaping how both buyers and sellers approached negotiations. Active inventory surpassed 1.16 million homes, with the median listing price easing about 1% month-over-month to $419,300. This shift offered buyers slightly more room to negotiate, though higher borrowing costs kept many from maximizing their leverage. New listings dipped roughly 2% month-over-month to around 395,000. As we moved into early Q4, market watchers focused on whether these tougher conditions would lead to deeper discounts, repeated price cuts, or longer selling times on a national scale. In a market like Santa Barbara, I approach these numbers as signals\u2014not obstacles. My marketing and lending background ensures every client move is calculated, responsive, and designed for real advantage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navigating the ever-shifting real estate landscape takes more than luck\u2014it takes strategy. By late Q3, one in five listings across the country saw price cuts, while less than 6% were delisted. Sellers, in many cases, chose to stay in the market and recalibrate their expectations rather than withdraw. Meanwhile, the conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}