starter home
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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These days, even buying “a starter home just seems so daunting,” Gene White, a 27-year-old who works in communications, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The firm is seeing more families add detached ADUs for their grown children or other relatives, to live in for a few years and save money for a starter home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
She and her family moved to their starter home in Altadena on election day in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
In Bremerton, the typical first-time buyer now earns just 48% of the income necessary to afford a starter home, down from 76% just three years ago, according to UW’s affordability index.
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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