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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Projects like these may make living in your starter home more enjoyable, but your money will be better spent on the actual structure of your home.
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Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 9 May 2025
With rates being higher than years past along with much higher housing costs, the concept of 'the starter home' will go the way of the dinosaur.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Not to mention, renting a starter home is still cheaper than buying one in all 50 major metropolitan areas.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
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.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
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Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 9 May 2025
With rates being higher than years past along with much higher housing costs, the concept of 'the starter home' will go the way of the dinosaur.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Not to mention, renting a starter home is still cheaper than buying one in all 50 major metropolitan areas.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
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.
—Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 17 Apr. 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 21 May. 2025.
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