{"id":32,"date":"2026-09-25T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/hokeonhomes-com\/2026\/09\/25\/builder-confidence-rises-in-august\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T17:00:00","slug":"builder-confidence-rises-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/builder-confidence-rises-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Builder confidence rises in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a slight uptick in builder confidence, which rose to 35. While this is still below the 50 mark that signals strong optimism, it\u2019s a detail worth noting for anyone keeping an eye on the housing market. The Midwest and Northeast saw improvements, while activity in the South and West either leveled off or dipped. High costs, rising fuel prices, and ongoing economic uncertainty continue to make things challenging for builders\u2014though custom projects and smaller markets are showing a bit more resilience. As someone who\u2019s spent years helping York County families and investors navigate shifting market conditions, I know how important it is to keep tabs on these trends. My focus is always on providing you with clear, current insight so you can make informed decisions, whether you\u2019re ready to buy, sell, or invest.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoagentmagazine.com\/2026\/08\/17\/builder-confidence-rises-in-august\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August brought a slight uptick in builder confidence, which rose to 35. While this is still below the 50 mark that signals strong optimism, it\u2019s a detail worth noting for anyone keeping an eye on the housing market. The Midwest and Northeast saw improvements, while activity in the South and West either leveled off or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}