{"id":15,"date":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/rayfernandezsilva-com\/2026\/10\/02\/map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T12:00:00","slug":"map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Map Highlights Cities Ready for New Home Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>We&#039;re seeing a noticeable slowdown in new home construction across the U.S.\u2014permits are now 19.4% below pre-pandemic levels, and this decline has lasted 44 months. Builders are facing real challenges, from rising costs and higher mortgage rates to tighter affordability. That\u2019s all contributing to a significant shortage: we\u2019re short by 4.7 million housing units nationwide. As someone who has navigated these shifting markets for years, I always keep a close eye on how these trends might impact your options and timing. In a market where experience and proactive strategy make all the difference, having a dedicated, full-time agent on your side is essential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/map-shows-cities-facing-new-home-construction-slump-12447341\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#039;re seeing a noticeable slowdown in new home construction across the U.S.\u2014permits are now 19.4% below pre-pandemic levels, and this decline has lasted 44 months. Builders are facing real challenges, from rising costs and higher mortgage rates to tighter affordability. That\u2019s all contributing to a significant shortage: we\u2019re short by 4.7 million housing units nationwide. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":278,"featured_media":16,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/278"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rayfernandezsilva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}