{"id":66,"date":"2026-10-31T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2026-10-31T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T15:00:00","slug":"lakeland-home-sales-slow-buyers-have-the-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/31\/lakeland-home-sales-slow-buyers-have-the-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Home Sales Slow: Buyers Have the Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Lakeland buyers are finding themselves in a stronger position lately, as home sales have slipped by 13%. This shift is creating more negotiation power for those looking to purchase. With my experience selling over 400 homes in our area, I\u2019ve seen how market changes like this can create real opportunities for buyers to secure favorable terms. If you\u2019re curious about what this means for your next move\u2014whether buying or selling\u2014I\u2019m always happy to share insights and discuss strategies that make the most of today\u2019s market landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakeland buyers are finding themselves in a stronger position lately, as home sales have slipped by 13%. This shift is creating more negotiation power for those looking to purchase. With my experience selling over 400 homes in our area, I\u2019ve seen how market changes like this can create real opportunities for buyers to secure favorable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolynchristian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}