{"id":63,"date":"2026-10-18T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/teitsmateam-com\/2026\/10\/18\/new-home-sales-rise-amid-affordability-challenges\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T14:00:00","slug":"new-home-sales-rise-amid-affordability-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/new-home-sales-rise-amid-affordability-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"New Home Sales Rise Amid Affordability Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>We&#039;re seeing an encouraging uptick in new single-family home sales\u2014up 6.4% in August, reaching an annual rate of 684,000. While that\u2019s still 2% below last year\u2019s pace, it\u2019s a positive sign for buyers and sellers navigating today\u2019s market. Inventory has held steady at 483,000 units, giving about an 8.5-month supply to work with. The median price rose slightly to $393,700 but remains 5.8% lower than a year ago, which may offer a bit of relief for those concerned about affordability. At The Teitsma Homes Team, we keep a close watch on these trends so our clients in Spring Lake, Grand Haven, and Muskegon have the insight they need\u2014whether you\u2019re considering new construction or finding your next waterfront property.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.floorcoveringweekly.com\/tise2026\/features\/new-home-sales-rise-amid-affordability-challenges-47133\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#039;re seeing an encouraging uptick in new single-family home sales\u2014up 6.4% in August, reaching an annual rate of 684,000. While that\u2019s still 2% below last year\u2019s pace, it\u2019s a positive sign for buyers and sellers navigating today\u2019s market. Inventory has held steady at 483,000 units, giving about an 8.5-month supply to work with. The median [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":512,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","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\/63","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=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teitsmateam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}