{"id":21,"date":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/tonyinvestorfriendly-com\/2026\/10\/03\/map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:00:00","slug":"map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/map-highlights-cities-ready-for-new-home-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Map Highlights Cities Ready for New Home Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>There\u2019s been a noticeable slowdown in new home construction across the U.S.\u2014in fact, building permits are now 19.4% lower than pre-pandemic levels, and we\u2019ve seen a 44-month stretch of decline. Rising costs, elevated mortgage rates, and ongoing affordability challenges are making it tougher for builders to keep pace, all while the country faces a 4.7 million housing unit shortage.<\/p>\n<p>For those considering buying, selling, or investing here in Tampa Bay, it\u2019s important to understand how these national trends might impact local opportunities. As someone who navigates both the agent and investor sides of real estate, I focus on helping clients see the bigger picture so they can make informed moves in a shifting market. If you have questions about how this construction slump could affect your plans, I\u2019m always here to provide practical insights backed by local expertise.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/map-shows-cities-facing-new-home-construction-slump-12447341\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s been a noticeable slowdown in new home construction across the U.S.\u2014in fact, building permits are now 19.4% lower than pre-pandemic levels, and we\u2019ve seen a 44-month stretch of decline. Rising costs, elevated mortgage rates, and ongoing affordability challenges are making it tougher for builders to keep pace, all while the country faces a 4.7 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":525,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/525"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyinvestorfriendly.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}