{"id":66,"date":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/?p=66"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","slug":"map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.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>There\u2019s no sugar-coating it\u2014new home construction across the U.S. is taking a real hit right now. Permits are down 19.4% from pre-pandemic levels, and we\u2019ve seen declines stretching for 44 months. That adds up to a 4.7 million housing unit deficit, and it\u2019s no wonder with high costs, mortgage rates, and affordability challenges making things tough for builders. As someone who\u2019s helped buyers and sellers navigate these shifting tides for more than a decade here in Northeast Florida, I know how confusing this landscape can feel. My priority is always to keep you informed in clear, straightforward terms, so you can make confident decisions\u2014whether you\u2019re searching for a new build, considering resale options, or just trying to understand what these trends mean for your next move. In times like these, steady guidance and honest advice matter more than ever.<\/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>There\u2019s no sugar-coating it\u2014new home construction across the U.S. is taking a real hit right now. Permits are down 19.4% from pre-pandemic levels, and we\u2019ve seen declines stretching for 44 months. That adds up to a 4.7 million housing unit deficit, and it\u2019s no wonder with high costs, mortgage rates, and affordability challenges making things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":67,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}