{"id":15,"date":"2026-09-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/obxlifestyles-com\/2026\/09\/11\/single-family-home-construction-plunges-in-july-but-permits-offer-signs-of-hope\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T11:00:00","slug":"single-family-home-construction-plunges-in-july-but-permits-offer-signs-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/11\/single-family-home-construction-plunges-in-july-but-permits-offer-signs-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Single-Family Home Construction Plunges in July, But Permits Offer Signs of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s spent nearly two decades immersed in the Outer Banks\u2014and specifically Carova\u2019s one-of-a-kind market\u2014I always keep a close eye on national housing trends. July brought a noticeable slowdown in single-family home construction: down 9.9% from June and 15.7% year-over-year, with total housing starts dropping 12.4%. While that kind of dip can make headlines, it\u2019s worth noting that building permits actually rose 5%, suggesting that there\u2019s still confidence and plans for future growth, even as high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty linger. In markets as unique as ours\u2014with their own rhythms and challenges\u2014understanding these shifts is key. My approach has always been to blend national insight with local expertise, helping buyers and sellers make smart, informed decisions no matter what the broader numbers say.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realtor.com\/news\/trends\/housing-starts-single-family-homes-construction-census-july-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s spent nearly two decades immersed in the Outer Banks\u2014and specifically Carova\u2019s one-of-a-kind market\u2014I always keep a close eye on national housing trends. July brought a noticeable slowdown in single-family home construction: down 9.9% from June and 15.7% year-over-year, with total housing starts dropping 12.4%. While that kind of dip can make headlines, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obxlifestyles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}