{"id":33,"date":"2026-09-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/steedrollinsrealtor-com\/2026\/09\/21\/durham-draws-out-of-town-buyers-to-new-construction\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T11:00:00","slug":"durham-draws-out-of-town-buyers-to-new-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/durham-draws-out-of-town-buyers-to-new-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham Draws out-of-Town Buyers to New Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/steed-rollins\/new-construction-markets-remotion-videos-d401\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>This spring, Durham truly became a magnet for those looking to relocate, with out-of-metro shoppers making up an impressive 80.2% of page views on newly built homes in our area. That level of interest highlights just how attractive Durham\u2019s new construction market has become to buyers from other cities\u2014especially those moving from higher-priced large metros. As someone who\u2019s called Durham home for over 50 years and has seen the market shift and grow, I know how much affordability steers the conversation. Competitive pricing here has made it possible for many buyers, even those not necessarily focused on new construction, to discover homes that fit their budgets. In top-performing markets like ours, incentives such as closing-cost help and rate buydowns have only added to the appeal. It\u2019s clear why so many are choosing to make Durham\u2014and its brand-new homes\u2014their next move.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This spring, Durham truly became a magnet for those looking to relocate, with out-of-metro shoppers making up an impressive 80.2% of page views on newly built homes in our area. That level of interest highlights just how attractive Durham\u2019s new construction market has become to buyers from other cities\u2014especially those moving from higher-priced large metros. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":449,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}