starter home/house
noun
: a first home
This small house would make a great starter home/house for a young couple.
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While buying a starter home was once a safe and attainable way to build wealth, rising home prices, falling construction rates and economic volatility have left the U.S. without nearly enough affordable housing.
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Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
The big picture: Local house shoppers last August needed a $71,000 annual income, down 4.3% from a year earlier, to afford the metro area's typical starter home — which cost $202,000, per Redfin.
—Sami Sparber, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
While the exact definition of what qualifies as a starter home varies, for many, a starter home was modest and, importantly, affordable.
—Lauren Phillips, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
For a starter home without many bells and whistles, an average price per square foot could be in the low hundreds, though a more realistic estimate would be somewhere between $200 and $250 per square foot.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
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Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
The big picture: Local house shoppers last August needed a $71,000 annual income, down 4.3% from a year earlier, to afford the metro area's typical starter home — which cost $202,000, per Redfin.
—Sami Sparber, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
While the exact definition of what qualifies as a starter home varies, for many, a starter home was modest and, importantly, affordable.
—Lauren Phillips, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
For a starter home without many bells and whistles, an average price per square foot could be in the low hundreds, though a more realistic estimate would be somewhere between $200 and $250 per square foot.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for starter home/house
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“Starter home/house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starter%20home%2Fhouse. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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