{"id":118,"date":"2026-10-18T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/?p=118"},"modified":"2026-10-18T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T13:00:00","slug":"how-stable-mortgage-rates-empower-buyers-and-sellers-through-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/how-stable-mortgage-rates-empower-buyers-and-sellers-through-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"How Stable Mortgage Rates Empower Buyers and Sellers Through 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>With mortgage rates climbing above 7%\u2014the highest we&#039;ve seen since January 2025\u2014it\u2019s clear we\u2019re not heading back to those rock-bottom rates anytime soon. Current forecasts say we\u2019ll be living with these numbers through at least 2026. For VA buyers and military families in Duval County, this doesn\u2019t mean hitting pause. Folks are still out there buying and selling, even with tighter budgets. My advice? Get your financial ducks in a row early and look at loan options that give you some flexibility. After nine years helping military families find the right fit (not just whatever sounds good on paper), I know that preparation and a clear plan make all the difference in a shifting market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/mortgage-rates-stay-above-7-110017000.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With mortgage rates climbing above 7%\u2014the highest we&#039;ve seen since January 2025\u2014it\u2019s clear we\u2019re not heading back to those rock-bottom rates anytime soon. Current forecasts say we\u2019ll be living with these numbers through at least 2026. For VA buyers and military families in Duval County, this doesn\u2019t mean hitting pause. Folks are still out there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}