{"id":21,"date":"2026-09-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/probaterealtorsonline-com\/2026\/09\/17\/us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:00:00","slug":"us-confidence-hits-seven-mo-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.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\/amad-romero\/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>Confidence among US consumers has slipped to its lowest point in seven months\u2014an interesting shift I\u2019m keeping a close eye on. While many felt more secure about their current situation in mid-Q3 (the present-conditions index climbed about 7 points to 121), their outlook on income, jobs, and business for the months ahead grew less optimistic, with the expectations gauge dropping around 6 points to 68. That level has long been a signal of potential recession risk.<\/p>\n<p>Early in Q3, employers cut 23,000 jobs, and unemployment nudged up to nearly 4%. Notably, this wasn\u2019t so much about increased layoffs as it was about people leaving the workforce. Even with these headwinds, homebuying expectations barely wavered mid-Q3\u2014and, in fact, continued to edge upward. About 61% of consumers still anticipate higher interest rates ahead, and with federal policymakers holding rates steady, it appears borrowing costs will remain elevated through the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>In my three decades navigating both traditional and probate real estate, I\u2019ve seen how changing market moods can affect families and individuals planning their next steps. My commitment remains the same: offering steady, experienced guidance\u2014especially when the path forward feels uncertain.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confidence among US consumers has slipped to its lowest point in seven months\u2014an interesting shift I\u2019m keeping a close eye on. While many felt more secure about their current situation in mid-Q3 (the present-conditions index climbed about 7 points to 121), their outlook on income, jobs, and business for the months ahead grew less optimistic, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.probaterealtorsonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}