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starter home

British  

noun

  1. a compact flat or house marketed by price and size specifications to suit the requirements of first-time home buyers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Today, a $900,000 starter home in her city on a $300,000 household income is 3x her and her husband’s combined annual income.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

On the day of their 1988 graduation, the friend recalled, James bought a starter home in Cleveland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

She and her family moved to their starter home in Altadena on election day in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

To put that in day-to-day terms, even in formerly affordable parts of Seattle, such as Rainier Valley, a starter home is going to be $700,000, said Sally Li, a broker with Pellego.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2024

“It was frustrating to be driven away from two jobs that we very much enjoyed, but a starter home for our family would have cost over $600,000.”

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

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