{"id":21,"date":"2026-09-19T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/martygum-com\/2026\/09\/19\/builder-confidence-remains-steady-despite-august-challenges\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:00:00","slug":"builder-confidence-remains-steady-despite-august-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/19\/builder-confidence-remains-steady-despite-august-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Builder Confidence Remains Steady Despite August Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>In August, we saw builder confidence for new single-family homes inch up to 35, but it\u2019s clear that economic uncertainty, higher mortgage rates, and increasing costs are still weighing heavily on the market. About 35% of builders responded by cutting prices by 6%, and 63% are offering buyer incentives. Interestingly, while sales picked up in the Midwest, confidence dipped in the South. From my decades of experience here at the Lake of the Ozarks, I know how quickly market dynamics can shift\u2014and how important it is to have a steady hand guiding you through these changes. My goal is always to keep the process as smooth and stress-free as possible, no matter which way the winds are blowing.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/hbsdealer.com\/builder-confidence-wavers-august\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August, we saw builder confidence for new single-family homes inch up to 35, but it\u2019s clear that economic uncertainty, higher mortgage rates, and increasing costs are still weighing heavily on the market. About 35% of builders responded by cutting prices by 6%, and 63% are offering buyer incentives. Interestingly, while sales picked up in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martygum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}