{"id":2042,"date":"2025-02-07T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/why-buying-a-home-now-is-your-winning-play\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T11:30:00","slug":"why-buying-a-home-now-is-your-winning-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/why-buying-a-home-now-is-your-winning-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Buying a Home Now Is Your Winning Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250207-Why-Buying-Now-Is-Your-Winning-Play-KCM-Share-original.png?w=1220&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Why Buying a Home Now Is Your Winning Play Simplifying The Market\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Why-Buying-Now-Is-Your-Winning-Play-MEM-original.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Why-Buying-Now-Is-Your-Winning-Play-MEM-original.jpg?w=1220&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"a graph on a green background\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Some Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You may be sitting on the sidelines wondering if it\u2019s better to buy now or wait. But buying before the spring rush may be a game-changing decision.?<\/li>\n<li>Moving this winter can give you significant advantages, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/blogs\/economists-outlook\/navigating-the-housing-market-a-seasonal-perspective\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">less competition<\/a>, more negotiating power, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nar.realtor\/research-and-statistics\/housing-statistics\/existing-home-sales\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lower prices<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re able to buy now, stay ahead of the game and outrun the competition. To tackle your homebuying plans this year, connect with a local agent.?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/07\/why-buying-a-home-now-is-your-winning-play\/\">Why Buying a Home Now Is Your Winning Play<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/sandpointrealtyidaho.com\/blog\">Sandpoint Realty<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Highlights You may be sitting on the sidelines wondering if it\u2019s better to buy now or wait. But buying before the spring rush may be a game-changing decision.? Moving this winter can give you significant advantages, like less competition, more negotiating power, and lower prices. If you\u2019re able to buy now, stay ahead of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sandpoint-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakeandhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}