{"id":61,"date":"2026-10-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/?p=61"},"modified":"2026-10-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T12:00:00","slug":"home-improvement-projects-are-blowing-past-budgets-heres-how-homeowners-are-responding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/04\/home-improvement-projects-are-blowing-past-budgets-heres-how-homeowners-are-responding\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Improvement Projects Are Blowing Past Budgets\u2014Here&#8217;s How Homeowners Are Responding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Lately, I\u2019ve been hearing from many homeowners who\u2019ve felt the sting of rising renovation costs\u201443% have seen their projects run more than 30% over budget. With both inflation and material shortages at play, I\u2019m seeing friends and clients in Las Vegas and beyond focusing on essential repairs first, putting off the wish-list upgrades for now. Even so, it\u2019s striking that 66% still plan to invest in major improvements over the next five years. As someone who helps buyers and sellers make strategic moves\u2014often with lifestyle and future goals in mind\u2014I know how important it is to balance dream renovations with a realistic budget. If you\u2019re navigating these decisions, you\u2019re not alone. My goal is always to help you feel informed and supported, whether you\u2019re prioritizing must-do repairs or planning your next chapter here in the valley.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/home-improvement-projects-are-blowing-past-budgets-here-s-how-homeowners-are-responding-12067126\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I\u2019ve been hearing from many homeowners who\u2019ve felt the sting of rising renovation costs\u201443% have seen their projects run more than 30% over budget. With both inflation and material shortages at play, I\u2019m seeing friends and clients in Las Vegas and beyond focusing on essential repairs first, putting off the wish-list upgrades for now. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":377,"featured_media":62,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/63"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shellywhitehomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}