{"id":82,"date":"2026-10-04T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2026-10-04T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:00:00","slug":"new-construction-buyers-prioritize-space-financial-confidence-and-function-homes-com-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/04\/new-construction-buyers-prioritize-space-financial-confidence-and-function-homes-com-survey-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"New-Construction Buyers Prioritize Space, Financial Confidence and Function, Homes.com Survey Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>After nearly a decade working with VA buyers and military families in Duval County, I can tell you\u2014new construction priorities are shifting in ways that matter on the ground. Homes.com surveyed buyers and found the focus landing on practical features: private yards for downtime, reliable security, flexible layouts that adapt to real life, and dedicated home offices for those juggling remote work or deployments. Financial confidence is huge right now. Buyers are weighing every dollar, and trust in a builder\u2019s quality isn\u2019t just a buzzword\u2014it\u2019s non-negotiable. Customization is expected, and folks are leaning on AI and video tours to cut through the noise and spot the right fit faster. Bottom line: today\u2019s buyers know what they want, and they\u2019re not settling for less. That lines up with what I see every day on the ground\u2014especially for military families who need real value and function, not just flashy upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/real-estate\/articles\/construction-buyers-prioritize-space-financial-203000665.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly a decade working with VA buyers and military families in Duval County, I can tell you\u2014new construction priorities are shifting in ways that matter on the ground. Homes.com surveyed buyers and found the focus landing on practical features: private yards for downtime, reliable security, flexible layouts that adapt to real life, and dedicated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"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.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danfontainerealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}