{"id":85,"date":"2026-09-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/austin-home-construction-slows-call-susie-at-512-695-1481\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:00:00","slug":"austin-home-construction-slows-call-susie-at-512-695-1481","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/28\/austin-home-construction-slows-call-susie-at-512-695-1481\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Home Construction Slows | Call Susie at 512-695-1481"},"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\/susie-kang\/cities-home-slump-remotion-videos-8431\" 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>Austin\u2019s new-home construction has hit the brakes\u2014a 25% drop in permits over the past year, marking the steepest slowdown among major U.S. metros. Having spent 24 years navigating Austin\u2019s real estate cycles, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how quickly our boom markets can shift. Builders who raced to keep up with demand now face a different landscape: more available homes, soaring construction and borrowing costs, and affordability challenges that make both buying and building new homes harder.<\/p>\n<p>For many in our community, especially first-time buyers and those comparing options, the still-high 30-year mortgage rates (hovering near 7%) remain a real hurdle. These financing pressures don\u2019t just shape buyer decisions\u2014they drive the pace and scope of builder activity, too.<\/p>\n<p>As someone deeply invested in Austin\u2019s neighborhoods and the people who call them home, I\u2019m watching this thinner pipeline closely. If buyer demand picks up again, we could be looking at a tighter market down the road. My focus remains on making these market shifts understandable and helping you navigate your options with clarity and confidence\u2014no matter where you are in your real estate journey.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin\u2019s new-home construction has hit the brakes\u2014a 25% drop in permits over the past year, marking the steepest slowdown among major U.S. metros. Having spent 24 years navigating Austin\u2019s real estate cycles, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how quickly our boom markets can shift. Builders who raced to keep up with demand now face a different landscape: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}