{"id":30,"date":"2026-09-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/calpropgroup-com\/2026\/09\/28\/seller-concessions-reach-a-new-us-peak\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:00:00","slug":"seller-concessions-reach-a-new-us-peak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/seller-concessions-reach-a-new-us-peak\/","title":{"rendered":"Seller Concessions Reach a New US Peak"},"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\/sbgal\/seller-concessions-peak-remotion-videos-a033\"\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>Seller concessions are making headlines again: in the rolling 3-month period ending Mid-Q3, nearly 45% of US home sales included some form of seller concession\u2014a new high for this time of year since at least 2020. That\u2019s up from about 43% a year ago, a clear signal that buyers are gaining leverage as inventory rises and competition cools. Concessions aren\u2019t just about price cuts these days; sellers are stepping up with credits for repairs, help with closing costs, or even mortgage-rate buydowns. This shift is reshaping negotiations, giving buyers more creative ways to reduce their upfront costs and making deals more flexible than ever. Nationally, about 16% of homes sold in Mid-Q3 offered both a price reduction and a concession, opening new doors for buyers looking to maximize value. In Santa Barbara, I approach every transaction as a strategist\u2014always scanning for these hidden opportunities and structuring deals that put my clients ahead of the curve.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seller concessions are making headlines again: in the rolling 3-month period ending Mid-Q3, nearly 45% of US home sales included some form of seller concession\u2014a new high for this time of year since at least 2020. That\u2019s up from about 43% a year ago, a clear signal that buyers are gaining leverage as inventory rises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calpropgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}