{"id":39,"date":"2026-09-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/steedrollinsrealtor-com\/2026\/09\/26\/durham-stands-out-as-a-north-carolina-housing-bright-spot\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:00:00","slug":"durham-stands-out-as-a-north-carolina-housing-bright-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/26\/durham-stands-out-as-a-north-carolina-housing-bright-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham Stands Out as a North Carolina Housing Bright Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Durham\u2019s housing market is showing real strength right now, with a 13% uptick in new-home sales\u2014especially notable in the attached home segment, which jumped 19%. New-home closings have climbed 23%, even as new starts dipped 5%. Meanwhile, the number of vacant lots has leapt by 50%, pointing to more opportunities ahead. Strong demographics and job growth are fueling this demand. As someone who\u2019s lived and worked in this community for over 50 years, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how these trends can open new doors for both buyers and sellers. When the market shifts, it\u2019s important to have an advocate who knows the local landscape inside and out and is committed to your goals.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.builderonline.com\/land\/local-markets\/durham-stands-out-as-a-north-carolina-housing-bright-spot\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Durham\u2019s housing market is showing real strength right now, with a 13% uptick in new-home sales\u2014especially notable in the attached home segment, which jumped 19%. New-home closings have climbed 23%, even as new starts dipped 5%. Meanwhile, the number of vacant lots has leapt by 50%, pointing to more opportunities ahead. Strong demographics and job [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":449,"featured_media":40,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","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\/39","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=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.steedrollinsrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}