{"id":109,"date":"2026-10-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2026-10-16T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:00:00","slug":"new-home-sales-rise-as-affordability-challenges-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/16\/new-home-sales-rise-as-affordability-challenges-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"New home sales rise as affordability challenges continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a 6.4% increase in new single-family home sales, reaching an annual rate of 684,000. While that&#039;s a positive movement, sales are still 2% behind where we were last year\u2014an important detail to keep in mind as buyers navigate ongoing affordability challenges. Inventory remains steady at 483,000 units, translating to an 8.5-month supply. The median price inched up to $393,700 for the month, though that&#039;s actually 5.8% lower than last year. In my experience working with buyers and sellers throughout Las Vegas, those shifts reflect what I\u2019m seeing on the ground: some positive momentum, but plenty of complexity as people weigh options. My background in both real estate and mortgage lending gives me a unique perspective on how these numbers play out for local families searching for the right fit in a shifting market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkingnetwork.com\/news\/woodworking-industry-news\/new-home-sales-rise-affordability-challenges-continue\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a 6.4% increase in new single-family home sales, reaching an annual rate of 684,000. While that&#039;s a positive movement, sales are still 2% behind where we were last year\u2014an important detail to keep in mind as buyers navigate ongoing affordability challenges. Inventory remains steady at 483,000 units, translating to an 8.5-month supply. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}