{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-02T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/pamlovett-com\/2026\/10\/02\/survey-home-builder-sentiment-rises-in-august-but-still-weak-overall\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T14:00:00","slug":"survey-home-builder-sentiment-rises-in-august-but-still-weak-overall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/survey-home-builder-sentiment-rises-in-august-but-still-weak-overall\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: Home Builder Sentiment Rises in August but Still Weak Overall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s had the privilege of guiding families through Hinesville\u2019s changing real estate landscape for over 26 years, I\u2019m always paying close attention to market signals. In August, U.S. home builder sentiment inched up to 35\u2014an improvement, but still on the lower side. Economic uncertainty, high mortgage rates, rising construction costs, and fuel prices continue to weigh on new home construction. Builders are starting to offer price cuts in response to limited inventory and ongoing affordability challenges. If you\u2019re navigating the market\u2014whether buying, selling, or investing in our area\u2014these trends are important to keep in mind as you plan your next steps.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/themortgagepoint.com\/2026\/08\/17\/survey-home-builder-sentiment-rises-in-august-but-still-weak-overall\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s had the privilege of guiding families through Hinesville\u2019s changing real estate landscape for over 26 years, I\u2019m always paying close attention to market signals. In August, U.S. home builder sentiment inched up to 35\u2014an improvement, but still on the lower side. Economic uncertainty, high mortgage rates, rising construction costs, and fuel prices [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":562,"featured_media":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/562"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pamlovett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}