{"id":133,"date":"2026-10-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:00:00","slug":"new-home-sales-rebound-as-builders-chase-buyers-budgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/01\/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>New home sales in the US rose in August, driven by price cuts, incentives, and smaller floor plans, marking the fastest pace in eight months but still 2% below last year. Sales surged in the Midwest and South but declined in the Northeast and West. The median new-home price was $393,700, with over half priced below $400,000. New homes have been cheaper than existing ones for six months. Inventory remained high, and builder sentiment hit a one-year low amid rising financing costs.<\/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>New home sales in the US rose in August, driven by price cuts, incentives, and smaller floor plans, marking the fastest pace in eight months but still 2% below last year. Sales surged in the Midwest and South but declined in the Northeast and West. The median new-home price was $393,700, with over half priced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337,"featured_media":134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133\/revisions\/136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondamusch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}