{"id":69,"date":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/randyodell-com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","slug":"new-home-sales-rebound-as-builders-chase-buyers-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.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 saw a welcome rebound in US new home sales, with builders working hard to meet buyers\u2019 budgets by offering price reductions and incentives. Sales reached their fastest pace in eight months, though activity remained about 2% below last year\u2019s level. The median price settled at $393,700, reflecting both the high inventory and the cautious outlook among builders as financing costs continue to climb. Here around Lake Murray, I\u2019ve found that understanding local trends\u2014like how builder sentiment and inventory influence options\u2014can make all the difference for clients looking for the right fit. With decades of local experience, I\u2019m always focused on helping buyers navigate these shifts at their own pace, without pressure.<\/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 saw a welcome rebound in US new home sales, with builders working hard to meet buyers\u2019 budgets by offering price reductions and incentives. Sales reached their fastest pace in eight months, though activity remained about 2% below last year\u2019s level. The median price settled at $393,700, reflecting both the high inventory and the cautious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":509,"featured_media":70,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyodell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}