{"id":113,"date":"2026-10-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2026-10-18T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:00:00","slug":"new-home-sales-rebound-as-builders-chase-buyers-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/new-home-sales-rebound-as-builders-chase-buyers-budgets\/","title":{"rendered":"New home sales rebound as builders chase buyers&#8217; budgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s encouraging to see new home sales pick up in August, thanks to price reductions and builder incentives. While activity reached its fastest pace in eight months, it\u2019s still just a touch\u20142%\u2014behind last year. The median price currently stands at $393,700, and there\u2019s plenty of inventory on the market. With builder confidence feeling the strain of higher financing costs, it\u2019s easy to feel uncertain about timing. My goal is always to help make things as smooth and stress-free as possible, so if you have questions about navigating these shifts, you\u2019re not alone\u2014I\u2019m here to guide you with a supportive approach.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/us\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/new-home-sales-rebound-as-builders-chase-buyers-budgets\/591083\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s encouraging to see new home sales pick up in August, thanks to price reductions and builder incentives. While activity reached its fastest pace in eight months, it\u2019s still just a touch\u20142%\u2014behind last year. The median price currently stands at $393,700, and there\u2019s plenty of inventory on the market. With builder confidence feeling the strain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeswithdarlene.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}