{"id":96,"date":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/?p=96"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T10:00:00","slug":"jacksonville-homebuilding-meets-affordability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/12\/jacksonville-homebuilding-meets-affordability\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Homebuilding Meets Affordability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/timothy-mathes-1268668\/top-metros-affordability-remotion-videos-c939\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Jacksonville has just earned top marks for balancing home affordability with active homebuilding\u2014one of only 10 metros out of the nation\u2019s 100 largest to do so. What does this mean for folks here in Northeast Florida? Simply put: our city is managing to keep homes within reach for local buyers, while also building enough new homes to keep up with demand. Jacksonville even outperformed the broader state in this latest scorecard for 2026. Economists point out the cities that get this right are making sure today\u2019s buyers have real options, and tomorrow\u2019s buyers aren\u2019t priced out. As someone who\u2019s spent years guiding buyers and sellers through the ups and downs of our local market, I know how much it matters to have both affordable choices and a steady supply of homes. Policies like flexible zoning and streamlined permitting aren\u2019t just buzzwords\u2014they help regular people get into homes they love, without the stress. It\u2019s another reason why owning a home here can still feel possible, and why I\u2019m proud to help my clients navigate the Jacksonville market with confidence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacksonville has just earned top marks for balancing home affordability with active homebuilding\u2014one of only 10 metros out of the nation\u2019s 100 largest to do so. What does this mean for folks here in Northeast Florida? Simply put: our city is managing to keep homes within reach for local buyers, while also building enough new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":97,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96","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\/96","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=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timmathes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}