{"id":17,"date":"2026-09-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/jenbergman-com\/2026\/09\/30\/map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:00:00","slug":"map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/30\/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 significant slowdown in new home construction across the U.S., with permits now 19.4% below pre-pandemic levels and on a downward trend for the past 44 months. Builders are facing real challenges\u2014rising costs, high mortgage rates, and ongoing affordability concerns are making it tough to keep up with demand, especially as the housing deficit grows to 4.7 million units. As someone who\u2019s walked clients through many market cycles since starting in San Diego real estate in the 1990s, I know how these shifts can impact your plans and your sense of opportunity. My approach is always shaped by strategic thinking, local insight, and a commitment to helping you make informed decisions\u2014no matter what the market brings.<\/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 significant slowdown in new home construction across the U.S., with permits now 19.4% below pre-pandemic levels and on a downward trend for the past 44 months. Builders are facing real challenges\u2014rising costs, high mortgage rates, and ongoing affordability concerns are making it tough to keep up with demand, especially as the housing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":529,"featured_media":18,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenbergman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}