{"id":83,"date":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T12:00:00","slug":"why-builders-are-selling-more-homes-under-400000-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/09\/why-builders-are-selling-more-homes-under-400000-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Builders Are Selling More Homes Under $400,000 in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>In July 2026, 53% of new single-family homes sold in the U.S. were priced under $400,000, up from 50% a year earlier, with the median price at $393,800 and the average at $508,800. Builders are shifting toward smaller, entry-level homes to meet payment constraints, not just cutting prices. Buyers should compare price per square foot, fees, incentives, and appraisal risks, as sub-$400K homes often have trade-offs in size, location, and finishes.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.noradarealestate.com\/blog\/builders-selling-more-homes-under-400000\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July 2026, 53% of new single-family homes sold in the U.S. were priced under $400,000, up from 50% a year earlier, with the median price at $393,800 and the average at $508,800. Builders are shifting toward smaller, entry-level homes to meet payment constraints, not just cutting prices. Buyers should compare price per square foot, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":352,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.salesbysusie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}