{"id":26,"date":"2026-09-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:00:00","slug":"chicago-home-buying-fall-or-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/30\/chicago-home-buying-fall-or-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Home Buying: Fall or 2027?"},"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\/victor-senteno\/fall-2026-housing-remotion-videos-fc79\" 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>For Chicago shoppers, Fall 2026 can reward buyers who value more choice and stronger negotiating leverage over chasing the very lowest monthly payment.<br \/>\nMortgage rates moved back near 7%, raising monthly costs in Chicago and making affordability a bigger factor than home price alone for buyers.<br \/>\nIn the broader Fall 2026 setup, Chicago shoppers may face fewer bidding wars and ask sellers for price cuts, closing-cost help, or temporary rate buydowns.<br \/>\nChicago was one of the cities flagged for Early-Fall opportunity, with Mid-Fall singled out as a promising moment to look for deals.<br \/>\nFor Chicago buyers planning 7-10 yr stays, securing the home now can matter more than the rate, while shorter timelines may favor waiting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Chicago shoppers, Fall 2026 can reward buyers who value more choice and stronger negotiating leverage over chasing the very lowest monthly payment. Mortgage rates moved back near 7%, raising monthly costs in Chicago and making affordability a bigger factor than home price alone for buyers. In the broader Fall 2026 setup, Chicago shoppers may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":27,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sentenorealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}