{"id":27,"date":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kimkroner-com\/2026\/09\/20\/builder-confidence-remains-steady-despite-august-challenges\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","slug":"builder-confidence-remains-steady-despite-august-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/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, builder confidence for new single-family homes edged up to 35, despite ongoing economic uncertainty, elevated mortgage rates, and rising construction costs. About 35% of builders responded by cutting prices by 6%, while 63% are offering buyer incentives. Notably, sales are picking up in the Midwest, while builder sentiment in the South is trending downward. Having spent over 17 years guiding families through the evolving real estate landscape of Northern Virginia, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how shifts in builder strategy and market confidence shape opportunities in our local communities. My hyper-local expertise\u2014especially in growth areas like Ashburn, Brambleton, and One Loudoun\u2014means I keep a close eye on these trends and how they might affect the choices and options available to buyers here.<\/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, builder confidence for new single-family homes edged up to 35, despite ongoing economic uncertainty, elevated mortgage rates, and rising construction costs. About 35% of builders responded by cutting prices by 6%, while 63% are offering buyer incentives. Notably, sales are picking up in the Midwest, while builder sentiment in the South is trending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimkroner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}