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

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Example Sentences

They bought their home on West Terrace Street, which was supposed to be a starter home, raised their children there, and never left.

From Los Angeles Times

The couple, who grew up outside this quaint town in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley, just closed on a 2,400-square-foot split level for $360,000—almost twice the size of the starter home they sold in the San Fernando Valley for more than twice that price.

From The Wall Street Journal

His family just upgraded to a bigger home, paying $400,000 for a place with an extra bathroom, a bigger yard and about 1,000 more square feet than their starter home.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it’s not just New York: A starter home costs $1 million in 233 cities across the country.

From MarketWatch

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

From The Wall Street Journal