{"id":30,"date":"2026-09-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/narrealestategroup-com\/2026\/09\/25\/nahb-builder-confidence-rises-to-35-in-august-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:00:00","slug":"nahb-builder-confidence-rises-to-35-in-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/nahb-builder-confidence-rises-to-35-in-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NAHB Builder Confidence Rises to 35 in August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Builder confidence is on the rise, with the NAHB Housing Market Index ticking up to 35 in August 2026. While that\u2019s still below the positive threshold, it\u2019s a step forward\u2014despite ongoing challenges like high borrowing costs, construction expenses, and uneven homebuyer demand. We\u2019re seeing 35% of builders lowering prices by an average of 6% to keep momentum, and it\u2019s interesting to note that the Midwest market is leading the way, while the South and West are a bit slower to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>For those considering new construction in Central Ohio, these trends matter. My focus on builder relationships and market analysis means I\u2019m watching these shifts closely\u2014helping clients weigh their options and make strategic moves, whether they\u2019re exploring new builds, investments, or resale opportunities. As always, transparency and your long-term interests come first.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNdDQ0T3FmaTFJVVRjeGFLbExaRjRfRFU3VVN3SHVubVg2c19qYTBaSWpEczk0ZkVydkJETVZJQU1oUlFJMTJYZTNYdzNzV3FWY3VqeUFKZmMySms0NldXSjFWSUFJWWtyakZKNkkyNDBSaUZLdkx6Z2IzSDVzdzdQWVA0MHRCVWtRTVN2Qk1KcmRtNVo0cWRyNnlobnY2VGFsZEJQUkpVLWZBdnJXeWhQanRXcjdmc3NtQXhWSA?oc=5\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Builder confidence is on the rise, with the NAHB Housing Market Index ticking up to 35 in August 2026. While that\u2019s still below the positive threshold, it\u2019s a step forward\u2014despite ongoing challenges like high borrowing costs, construction expenses, and uneven homebuyer demand. We\u2019re seeing 35% of builders lowering prices by an average of 6% to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":286,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narrealestategroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}