{"id":11,"date":"2026-10-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/bessieconwayrealestate-com\/2026\/10\/05\/builder-caution-defines-august-despite-single-family-start-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:00:00","slug":"builder-caution-defines-august-despite-single-family-start-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/builder-caution-defines-august-despite-single-family-start-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Builder caution defines August despite single-family start gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a mixed picture to the housing market: single-family housing starts increased by 7.6%, yet overall starts slipped 2.6%\u2014largely because multifamily construction took a 22.5% hit. We\u2019re also seeing building permits decline, which reflects the persistent challenges of high inventory levels, affordability concerns, and hesitancy among builders. As someone who specializes in residential real estate across Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and the surrounding Maryland areas, I keep a close eye on these shifts. Understanding the interplay between new construction, permits, and builder confidence is key for buyers, sellers, and investors navigating our local market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mpamag.com\/us\/mortgage-industry\/market-updates\/builder-caution-defines-august-despite-single-family-start-gains\/590135\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a mixed picture to the housing market: single-family housing starts increased by 7.6%, yet overall starts slipped 2.6%\u2014largely because multifamily construction took a 22.5% hit. We\u2019re also seeing building permits decline, which reflects the persistent challenges of high inventory levels, affordability concerns, and hesitancy among builders. As someone who specializes in residential real [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}