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Fall 2026 Used-Car Buyer Window: Seasonality, Off-Lease Supply, and Inventory-Age Leverage Market watch Fall 2026 Used-Car Buyer Window: Seasonality, Off-Lease Supply, and Inventory-Age Leverage Fall can widen choice for patient buyers, but the window is read through your ZIP, your trim comps, and listing age—not a national average pulled from a headline. September 2026 · 11 min read Half a Million Extra Off-Lease Cars Are Landing in 2026. Catch the Wave Before It Rolls Back Out Market watch Half a Million Extra Off-Lease Cars Are Landing in 2026. Catch the Wave Before It Rolls Back Out Off-lease volume is up 25.7% — roughly half a million extra 3-year-old cars. The first real supply relief since the pandemic has a catch: it’s temporary. July 2026 · 6 min read Used Hybrid Prices Are Up $3,600 This Year — Here's When Paying It Still Beats a Gas Car Market watch Used Hybrid Prices Are Up $3,600 This Year — Here's When Paying It Still Beats a Gas Car Gas hit $4.61. Used hybrids are up 11.9% and selling in 37 days. Here’s the break-even math on that premium — honestly computed. CarmaDeal Research · July 2026 · 6 min read The EV Tax Credit Is Dead — and Used EVs Quietly Became the Best Deal on the Lot Market watch The EV Tax Credit Is Dead — and Used EVs Quietly Became the Best Deal on the Lot Everyone predicted EV prices would spike when the $4,000 credit died. The opposite happened. Here’s the buyer’s window nobody is talking about. July 2026 · 6 min read Tariffs Added Up to $8,900 to New Cars. Here's the Used-Car Play That Beats Them Market watch Tariffs Added Up to $8,900 to New Cars. Here's the Used-Car Play That Beats Them Imported models are up $5,000–$8,900 and Cox expects 4–8% more by December. The used market is the escape hatch — played right. July 2026 · 5 min read
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