{"id":25,"date":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/bahramirani-com\/2026\/10\/08\/u-s-builder-sentiment-hits-12-month-low\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","slug":"u-s-builder-sentiment-hits-12-month-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/u-s-builder-sentiment-hits-12-month-low\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Builder Sentiment Hits 12-Month Low"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/bahram-irani\/home-builder-sentiment-remotion-videos-f500\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Builder confidence across the U.S. has reached its lowest point in a year, with the late Q3 builder-confidence index dropping 3 points to 32. Sales conditions have softened too, now at 35, and expectations for the next six months dipped to 37. Prospective buyer traffic remains steady at 23. Interestingly, 38% of builders nationwide have reduced prices, while two-thirds are using incentives\u2014up from 63% in mid-Q3\u2014to help buyers make the leap. At the same time, mortgage applications for new-home purchases have declined for the fifth consecutive month as average 30-year rates linger in the high-6% range. Large builders are responding by offering rate buydowns, which allow buyers to secure below-market mortgage rates without relying entirely on price cuts. With 30-year rates hovering near 7% in late Q3, two leading housing forecasters expect these elevated rates to continue through 2027. As someone who closely follows the La Crescenta real estate market, I see how these national trends can influence our own local landscape and shape opportunities for buyers and sellers alike. Navigating these shifts with care and local insight remains essential to finding the right path forward.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Builder confidence across the U.S. has reached its lowest point in a year, with the late Q3 builder-confidence index dropping 3 points to 32. Sales conditions have softened too, now at 35, and expectations for the next six months dipped to 37. Prospective buyer traffic remains steady at 23. Interestingly, 38% of builders nationwide have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":540,"featured_media":26,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/540"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahramirani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}