{"id":136,"date":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/?p=136"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","slug":"map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/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>It\u2019s no secret that new home construction across the U.S. is facing challenges right now. Permits are down 19.4% compared to pre-pandemic numbers, and we&#039;ve seen declines for 44 straight months. This slowdown, driven by high costs, rising mortgage rates, and ongoing affordability hurdles, is a big factor behind the 4.7 million unit housing deficit. As someone who works every day in Seattle\u2019s complex property market\u2014especially with bank-owned and distressed homes\u2014I see firsthand how these broader trends affect local buyers, sellers, and investors. Understanding where construction is stalling helps us anticipate shifts in inventory and opportunity, particularly for those navigating distressed or undervalued properties.<\/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>It\u2019s no secret that new home construction across the U.S. is facing challenges right now. Permits are down 19.4% compared to pre-pandemic numbers, and we&#039;ve seen declines for 44 straight months. This slowdown, driven by high costs, rising mortgage rates, and ongoing affordability hurdles, is a big factor behind the 4.7 million unit housing deficit. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reo-magician.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}