{"id":20,"date":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/brooksgroupkw-com\/2026\/09\/17\/us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:00:00","slug":"us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/17\/us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low\/","title":{"rendered":"US Confidence Hits Seven-Mo Low"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/brenda-brooks-2\/consumer-confidence-just-hit-a-seven-month-low-heres-whats-driving-it-3c3d\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>I\u2019m always watching the numbers behind the headlines, because understanding the bigger picture helps us make smart, lasting real estate decisions. Recently, US consumer confidence reached a seven-month low, even as people felt a bit more positive about their current situation. The present-conditions index climbed nearly 7 points to 121, but the expectations gauge dropped about 6 points to 68\u2014dipping into territory that\u2019s historically signaled recession risks. Early in Q3, employers trimmed 23,000 jobs and unemployment nudged up to 4%, mainly because more workers stepped out of the labor force. What\u2019s especially relevant for our buyers and sellers: despite these economic jitters, homebuying expectations eased only a touch and actually kept rising mid-quarter. Around 61% of folks still anticipate interest rates will head higher. With federal policymakers holding rates steady and markets signaling little short-term relief, it looks like borrowing costs will remain elevated through the end of the year. In times like these, having a trusted partner who blends market knowledge with financial insight is key to turning uncertainty into opportunity and moving forward with confidence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m always watching the numbers behind the headlines, because understanding the bigger picture helps us make smart, lasting real estate decisions. Recently, US consumer confidence reached a seven-month low, even as people felt a bit more positive about their current situation. The present-conditions index climbed nearly 7 points to 121, but the expectations gauge dropped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brooksgroupkw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}