{"id":16,"date":"2026-09-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/marioreyna-re-com\/2026\/09\/13\/buyers-casting-a-wider-net-in-search-of-their-next-home\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:00:00","slug":"buyers-casting-a-wider-net-in-search-of-their-next-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/buyers-casting-a-wider-net-in-search-of-their-next-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyers casting a wider net in search of their next home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>I\u2019m seeing more buyers broaden their home searches beyond metro areas\u2014affordability is a key driver here. In fact, 60.1% of homebuyers are now looking outside traditional city limits, a significant jump from 48.2% before the pandemic. In the priciest markets, more than 90% are searching for options elsewhere. What\u2019s particularly interesting is that affordable Southern regions are attracting strong demand, especially from out-of-market buyers seeking new homes. My background in the Telecom industry taught me the value of careful planning and attention to detail\u2014qualities I bring to every real estate experience, especially as buyer preferences evolve.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestatenews.com\/2026\/08\/26\/buyers-casting-a-wider-net-in-search-of-their-next-home\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m seeing more buyers broaden their home searches beyond metro areas\u2014affordability is a key driver here. In fact, 60.1% of homebuyers are now looking outside traditional city limits, a significant jump from 48.2% before the pandemic. In the priciest markets, more than 90% are searching for options elsewhere. What\u2019s particularly interesting is that affordable Southern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marioreyna-re.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}