{"id":46,"date":"2026-10-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2026-10-05T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:00:00","slug":"los-angeles-buyers-gain-negotiating-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/los-angeles-buyers-gain-negotiating-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Buyers Gain Negotiating Room"},"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\/lily-bayat\/waiting-buy-home-a35c\" 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>In Los Angeles, a local broker said buyers who can afford today&#039;s payment may have a better opening now, with more room to negotiate.<br \/>\nFor Los Angeles buyers, borrowing costs stayed elevated, with avg. 30-yr fixed mortgage rates near 7% in Mid-Q3 2026, so affordability still mattered.<br \/>\nThat local guidance stressed a simple test: if the home fit the budget then, buyers could refinance later if rates eased over time.<br \/>\nThe same broker warned that waiting for lower rates can invite more buyers back, reviving competition and lifting prices enough to offset financing savings.<br \/>\nFor Los Angeles first-time buyers, the opportunity was clearest when savings, credit, and monthly comfort already aligned, helping avoid rushed decisions in a calmer search.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Los Angeles, a local broker said buyers who can afford today&#039;s payment may have a better opening now, with more room to negotiate. For Los Angeles buyers, borrowing costs stayed elevated, with avg. 30-yr fixed mortgage rates near 7% in Mid-Q3 2026, so affordability still mattered. That local guidance stressed a simple test: if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}