{"id":24,"date":"2026-09-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/frankdurnett-com\/2026\/09\/19\/most-of-the-best-new-home-markets-are-in-the-south\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:00:00","slug":"most-of-the-best-new-home-markets-are-in-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/19\/most-of-the-best-new-home-markets-are-in-the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Most of the best new-home markets are in the South"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>After more than 40 years helping buyers and sellers make confident decisions, I\u2019ve seen many trends come and go\u2014but the current surge in Southern new-home markets truly stands out. Right now, eight of the top 10 U.S. metros for purchasing new construction are in the South. Charleston, for example, leads with new homes priced 12.2% below existing properties. It\u2019s no surprise, given the builder-friendly zoning and lower land costs shaping these markets and creating real affordability. It\u2019s always insightful to watch how regional factors like these can open up new opportunities for homebuyers.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stocktitan.net\/news\/NWS\/realtor-com-ranks-the-top-metros-for-new-construction-in-3cq7v37gqw4d.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than 40 years helping buyers and sellers make confident decisions, I\u2019ve seen many trends come and go\u2014but the current surge in Southern new-home markets truly stands out. Right now, eight of the top 10 U.S. metros for purchasing new construction are in the South. Charleston, for example, leads with new homes priced 12.2% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankdurnett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}