{"id":1004,"date":"2026-06-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:00:00","slug":"us-builder-confidence-edges-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/us-builder-confidence-edges-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"US Builder Confidence Edges Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/mark-mallorca\/builder-confidence-affordability-remotion-videos\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Builder confidence for newly built single-family homes reached 37 in Mid-Q2, a modest gain despite affordability pressure and cautious buyer demand nationally.<br \/>\nBuilders still faced elevated land, labor, and construction costs, making pricing strategy and buyer guidance important in today&#039;s new-home market nationwide conditions.<br \/>\nIn Mid-Q2, ~32% of builders offered price cuts, with avg. reductions near 6%, while ~61% used sales incentives to help buyers navigate affordability constraints.<br \/>\nCurrent sales conditions reached 40, future sales expectations reached 45, and prospective buyer traffic reached 25 as some spring shoppers moved forward.<br \/>\nIndustry officials said federal housing proposal changes could expand national supply and help ease builder concerns, while long-term rates could continue restraining demand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Builder confidence for newly built single-family homes reached 37 in Mid-Q2, a modest gain despite affordability pressure and cautious buyer demand nationally. Builders still faced elevated land, labor, and construction costs, making pricing strategy and buyer guidance important in today&#039;s new-home market nationwide conditions. In Mid-Q2, ~32% of builders offered price cuts, with avg. reductions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}