{"id":114,"date":"2026-10-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:00:00","slug":"builder-incentives-boost-opportunities-for-new-home-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/builder-incentives-boost-opportunities-for-new-home-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Builder Incentives Boost Opportunities for New-Home Buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Even with builders offering more incentives than ever, the latest numbers show a slight cooling in new-home activity: mortgage applications for new homes dropped 5.7% from last year and 1% from June. July also saw new single-family home sales dip by 3%, while housing starts took a nearly 10% tumble. Permits ticked up, but they&#039;re still hovering near a three-year low. As someone who loves helping clients find the right fit, I always keep a close eye on these shifts\u2014because every stat tells a story about the journey to the perfect home here in Arizona. If you&#039;re feeling uncertain about what these changes mean for your next adventure, you\u2019re not alone! Grateful as ever to be part of your home search.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalmortgageprofessional.com\/news\/new-home-mortgage-demand-slips-despite-widespread-builder-incentives\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even with builders offering more incentives than ever, the latest numbers show a slight cooling in new-home activity: mortgage applications for new homes dropped 5.7% from last year and 1% from June. July also saw new single-family home sales dip by 3%, while housing starts took a nearly 10% tumble. Permits ticked up, but they&#039;re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":418,"featured_media":115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}