{"id":57,"date":"2026-10-01T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T17:00:00","slug":"new-construction-buyers-prioritize-space-financial-confidence-and-function-homes-com-survey-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/01\/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>As I work with clients exploring new construction options around Grand Lake and Northeast Oklahoma, I\u2019m seeing firsthand what a recent Homes.com survey confirms: today\u2019s buyers are focused on space, confidence, and functionality. Features like private yards, flexible living areas, dedicated home offices, and enhanced security are top priorities. Financial confidence plays a big role\u2014buyers are weighing builder reputation and quality carefully. Customization is expected, and digital tools like AI and video tours are now part of the journey. In our local luxury and waterfront markets, these trends shape how we approach both new builds and established communities.<\/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>As I work with clients exploring new construction options around Grand Lake and Northeast Oklahoma, I\u2019m seeing firsthand what a recent Homes.com survey confirms: today\u2019s buyers are focused on space, confidence, and functionality. Features like private yards, flexible living areas, dedicated home offices, and enhanced security are top priorities. Financial confidence plays a big role\u2014buyers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bbowersrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}