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Affordability changed the buyer. Now builders have to change the sales conversation.

Reported · Written up by our desk · Residential

New Home Star’s buyer insights show why homebuyer affordability, buyer psychology and new home sales conversion increasingly depend on understanding what buyers value beyond price

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