{"id":1972,"date":"2026-01-13T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/2026\/01\/2026-new-years-resolutions-for-home-buyers-and-sellers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:59:30","slug":"2026-new-years-resolutions-for-home-buyers-and-sellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/2026\/01\/2026-new-years-resolutions-for-home-buyers-and-sellers\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 New Year\u2019s Resolutions for Home Buyers and Sellers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For 2026, home buyers should focus on financial prep (pre-approval, budget), connecting with agents early, exploring locations, and avoiding big purchases; sellers should declutter, depersonalize, improve curb appeal\/home health (air quality), and consider smart tech upgrades for showing, all while navigating potentially stabilizing (but still high) prices and improving mortgage rates<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking Back at 2025<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The 2025 real estate year ended with a market rebalancing: slowing price growth, increased inventory (though uneven), and normalizing conditions after past booms, favoring buyers with more time and negotiation power, while sellers learned pricing discipline. Buyers sought multi-use, adaptable homes, while seniors (Baby Boomers) dominated transactions, shifting focus to affordability and value. Key trends included rising agent churn, tech\/MLS debates, and stabilization, looks to set a path for gradual “normalization” in the new year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  For 2026, home buyers should focus on financial prep (pre-approval, budget), connecting with agents early, exploring locations, and avoiding big purchases; sellers should declutter, depersonalize, improve curb appeal\/home health (air quality), and consider smart tech upgrades for showing, all while navigating potentially stabilizing (but still high) prices and improving mortgage rates Looking Back at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1215,1212,1213,1214,1211,1216],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate","tag-justin-hoffmann","tag-memorial-day","tag-real-estate","tag-remax-lakeside","tag-team-hoffmann","tag-wisconsin","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1973,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/1973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teamhoffmann.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}