Home Builders Are Bleeding as Sales Run Dry, Workers Vanish

Builders are struggling to survive, let alone sell homes, in 2026. Prices aren’t keeping pace, home sales are falling, and nobody can find the labor to build the houses in the first place. With concessions rising, buyers who stayed in the market are getting great deals. With the potential to boomerang back to regional undersupplied housing markets, the deals may very well be worth it. 

It’s a new week, with new headlines that affect anyone buying, selling, or building wealth with real estate. First, we’ll touch on the 300,000 vacant lots for sale. With the price of dirt down far below where it was just a few years ago, those with development and building ambitions could stand to profit, but with the entire homebuilding industry struggling, how long will you have to wait?

Washington is trying to investigate “private listings” from real estate brokerages, but could they actually be hurting the seller by removing the exclusivity agents are going for? Finally, an update on home sales, prices, and why Kathy is seeing a big uptick in investor buyers for a certain type of rental property. 

In This Episode We Cover

The land sale happening this summer and a sign of just how bad our housing shortage is

Builders get squeezed as buyers (and even laborers) refuse to budge

The newest threat to “private” home listings that could hurt sales prices

The homes that are taking the longest to sell in 2026 and one type of rental property that investors are getting steals on

And So Much More!

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