{"id":82,"date":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","slug":"builders-pull-every-lever-to-keep-buyers-engaged-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/builders-pull-every-lever-to-keep-buyers-engaged-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Builders Pull Every Lever to Keep Buyers Engaged in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>August brought a modest 1.7% increase in new-home sales compared to July, though sales are still 2.3% lower than last year\u2014no surprise with mortgage rates hovering above 7%. Builders are trying just about everything, from price reductions to creative incentives, but buyers remain cautious. Interestingly, while high-end homes saw prices climb by 2.2%, entry-level and move-up properties experienced slight price drops. In my 35+ years of helping buyers and sellers across Oxford, Lapeer, Lake Orion and surrounding areas, I\u2019ve seen how market shifts like these can impact decision-making. Staying informed and keeping communication open with clients is always key, especially when the landscape is this dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.builderonline.com\/data-analysis\/builders-pull-every-lever-to-keep-buyers-engaged-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 modest 1.7% increase in new-home sales compared to July, though sales are still 2.3% lower than last year\u2014no surprise with mortgage rates hovering above 7%. Builders are trying just about everything, from price reductions to creative incentives, but buyers remain cautious. Interestingly, while high-end homes saw prices climb by 2.2%, entry-level and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":83,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kathystockley.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}