{"id":27,"date":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/teitsmateam-com\/2026\/10\/02\/map-highlights-affordable-opportunities-as-home-prices-drop\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T17:00:00","slug":"map-highlights-affordable-opportunities-as-home-prices-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/02\/map-highlights-affordable-opportunities-as-home-prices-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Map Highlights Affordable Opportunities as Home Prices Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>We\u2019re seeing a notable shift in the new home market: the median price for new builds has dropped to $393,800, the lowest since July 2021 and now even below the price of existing homes. While that may sound like good news for buyers, high mortgage rates are still keeping sales numbers down and inventory is climbing\u2014particularly in the South. Here along the lakeshore, our team at Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt is always tracking these trends and how they play out in Spring Lake, Grand Haven, and Muskegon. Whether you\u2019re considering new construction or exploring existing homes, understanding these market shifts can help you make confident decisions in a changing landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/real-estate\/articles\/map-shows-where-home-sales-151243930.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re seeing a notable shift in the new home market: the median price for new builds has dropped to $393,800, the lowest since July 2021 and now even below the price of existing homes. While that may sound like good news for buyers, high mortgage rates are still keeping sales numbers down and inventory is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":512,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/512"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}