{"id":146,"date":"2026-10-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/?p=146"},"modified":"2026-10-17T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T10:00:00","slug":"new-home-sales-rebound-as-builders-chase-buyers-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/17\/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>August brought a notable uptick in US new home sales, with builders making moves to meet buyers\u2019 budgets through price reductions and incentives. While sales hit their fastest pace in eight months, they\u2019re still running about 2% below last year\u2019s numbers. The median price landed at $393,700, and inventory remains high\u2014even as builder confidence is challenged by increased financing costs. With 27 years as a full-time REALTOR and a deep commitment to integrity and expertise, I\u2019ve seen how shifting market dynamics require both flexibility and a steady hand for buyers and sellers navigating these changes.<\/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>August brought a notable uptick in US new home sales, with builders making moves to meet buyers\u2019 budgets through price reductions and incentives. While sales hit their fastest pace in eight months, they\u2019re still running about 2% below last year\u2019s numbers. The median price landed at $393,700, and inventory remains high\u2014even as builder confidence is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbykatrinaromero.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}