{"id":18,"date":"2026-09-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/tamikammarks-realtor\/2026\/09\/21\/us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:00:00","slug":"us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/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\/tamika-marks\/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>Consumer confidence across the US just slipped to a seven-month low, even as folks felt a bit better about their current situation mid-Q3. The present-conditions index actually climbed about 7 points to 121, but the expectations gauge dropped nearly 6 points to 68\u2014dipping below a threshold that\u2019s often been linked to recession risk. Early in Q3, employers trimmed 23,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate nudged up to about 4%. But here\u2019s the catch: that shift came mostly from people leaving the workforce, not because hiring was picking up.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone eyeing the housing market\u2014whether first-timer or seasoned investor\u2014it\u2019s telling that even with confidence softening, homebuying expectations barely budged. They actually continued to rise, and nearly 61% of folks still expect interest rates to climb further. With policymakers keeping rates steady and markets signaling little short-term relief, it\u2019s clear that borrowing costs will likely remain elevated through the end of the year. In my two decades handling everything from REOs to traditional sales, I\u2019ve seen how these shifts shape buyer and seller decisions. Staying informed\u2014and prepared\u2014gives you the upper hand in Chicago\u2019s ever-changing market.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer confidence across the US just slipped to a seven-month low, even as folks felt a bit better about their current situation mid-Q3. The present-conditions index actually climbed about 7 points to 121, but the expectations gauge dropped nearly 6 points to 68\u2014dipping below a threshold that\u2019s often been linked to recession risk. Early in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamikammarks.realtor\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}