{"id":18,"date":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/chudihomes-com\/2026\/09\/11\/single-family-home-construction-plunges-in-july-but-permits-offer-signs-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:00:00","slug":"single-family-home-construction-plunges-in-july-but-permits-offer-signs-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/single-family-home-construction-plunges-in-july-but-permits-offer-signs-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Single-Family Home Construction Plunges in July, But Permits Offer Signs of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>July brought a notable shift in the U.S. single-family home construction landscape, with a 9.9% dip from June and a 15.7% decrease compared to last year. Overall housing starts fell 12.4%. As someone who has guided buyers and sellers through the ups and downs of the Las Vegas market\u2014and with experience in both real estate and mortgage lending\u2014I understand how numbers like these can impact your decisions. Yet, there\u2019s a silver lining: building permits rose 5%, signaling that while the market faces uncertainty and high mortgage rates, there\u2019s cautious optimism for future growth. This kind of movement is something I keep a close eye on to help my clients navigate opportunities and challenges in single-family homes, whether you\u2019re buying, selling, or just keeping an eye on the trends.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/trends\/housing-starts-single-family-homes-construction-census-july-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July brought a notable shift in the U.S. single-family home construction landscape, with a 9.9% dip from June and a 15.7% decrease compared to last year. Overall housing starts fell 12.4%. As someone who has guided buyers and sellers through the ups and downs of the Las Vegas market\u2014and with experience in both real estate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","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\/18","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=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chudihomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}