{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/dawngreenwoodrealestateagent-com\/2026\/09\/09\/5-smart-tips-to-save-money-on-home-closing-costs\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:00:00","slug":"5-smart-tips-to-save-money-on-home-closing-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/09\/5-smart-tips-to-save-money-on-home-closing-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Smart Tips to Save Money on Home Closing Costs"},"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\/dawn-green-wood\/housing-listings-demand-remotion-videos-1689-8136\"\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>We&#039;re seeing a welcome shift in the housing market: for the four weeks ending August 23, new US listings inched up 0.4% week-over-week and total homes for sale rose 0.5%\u2014reaching the highest inventory levels since early Q2. While pending home sales declined by 1.1% to a six-month low (with high costs keeping many buyers on the sidelines), this uptick in inventory is creating more favorable conditions for active buyers. The median US home-sale price has climbed 1.9% year-over-year to just over $400,000, and average mortgage rates are holding near 7%, close to a 13-month high.<\/p>\n<p>For those navigating their next move, these market changes mean more opportunities to negotiate price adjustments or concessions\u2014especially on homes that have been listed for several weeks. Sellers who price realistically are finding better traction, rather than chasing the values of years past. Having guided clients through shifting cycles in Middle Tennessee for over two decades, I know how to help both buyers and sellers approach these evolving conditions with strategic confidence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#039;re seeing a welcome shift in the housing market: for the four weeks ending August 23, new US listings inched up 0.4% week-over-week and total homes for sale rose 0.5%\u2014reaching the highest inventory levels since early Q2. While pending home sales declined by 1.1% to a six-month low (with high costs keeping many buyers on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawngreenwoodrealestateagent.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}