Interesting article. My son and his wife are buying a house (new construction) out in that area right now and the builder is still tossing enticements their way.
Their base model now includes a third bedroom as std vice an option, which the kids paid for originally. The builder is ‘refunding’ their option fee to keep them on track to purchase.
My biggest concern is that they not get suckered into an ARM, and they’ve already said that they’re going nowhere near that kind of financing. Looks like they’ll be able to take advantage of her VA eligibility.
I’d walk away and see how frantic the builder got. It’s a buyers market like we haven’t seen for a long long time.