{"id":29,"date":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/?p=29"},"modified":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T11:00:00","slug":"ad-mortgage-study-finds-buying-now-beats-waiting-in-61-of-historical-scenarios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/ad-mortgage-study-finds-buying-now-beats-waiting-in-61-of-historical-scenarios\/","title":{"rendered":"AD Mortgage Study Finds Buying Now Beats Waiting in 61% of Historical Scenarios"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>When it comes to buying a home, timing is always a big question for my clients across Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina. A recent study looking at 2000\u20132022 found that jumping into the market right away resulted in lower total costs 61% of the time. What\u2019s interesting is that these outcomes weren\u2019t just about mortgage rates\u2014they were shaped by home prices, how much buyers could save, and local market dynamics. I\u2019ve seen firsthand how each borrower\u2019s story\u2014whether you\u2019re a first-time buyer, investor, or navigating self-employment\u2014plays into these factors. The data supports what I tell clients: the right time to buy isn\u2019t just about rates, but about your unique situation and the local market you\u2019re in.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/press-release\/story\/42571\/ad-mortgage-study-finds-buying-now-beats-waiting-in-61-of-historical-scenarios\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to buying a home, timing is always a big question for my clients across Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina. A recent study looking at 2000\u20132022 found that jumping into the market right away resulted in lower total costs 61% of the time. What\u2019s interesting is that these outcomes weren\u2019t just about mortgage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":199,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/199"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/31"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juliemortgageteam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}