{"id":13406,"date":"2026-03-01T23:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/buy-in-january-2026-or-wait-for-spring-the-complete-analysis-to-make-the-right-choice\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:10:58","slug":"buy-in-january-2026-or-wait-for-spring-the-complete-analysis-to-make-the-right-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/buy-in-january-2026-or-wait-for-spring-the-complete-analysis-to-make-the-right-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy in January 2026 or wait for spring? The complete analysis to make the right choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"hs_cos_wrapper_post_body\">\n<p class=\"summary\">It&#8217;s the question every buyer asks: should you move now in January or wait until spring when there&#8217;s more supply? We analyzed 5 years of real estate data (2021-2026) to give you the answer. Spoiler: it&#8217;s more nuanced than you think, and it depends entirely on your profile and timeline.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The raw numbers: January vs spring over 5 years<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the data that doesn&#8217;t lie. The evolution of prices and listing volume between January and April over 2021-2026:<\/p>\n<h3>Price evolution (national data)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>January 2021 \u2192 April 2021:<\/strong> +1.2% (stable market, little seasonal decline)<\/p>\n<p><strong>January 2022 \u2192 April&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monchasseurimmo.com\/en\/real-etate-news\/buy-in-january-2026-or-wait-for-spring-the-complete-analysis-to-make-the-right-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the question every buyer asks: should you move now in January or wait until spring when there&#8217;s more supply? We analyzed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3447,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immobilier","category-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}