{"id":6411,"date":"2026-10-10T00:43:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=6411"},"modified":"2026-10-10T00:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:43:56","slug":"starter-home-prices-now-hit-340k-as-inventory-shrinks-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=6411","title":{"rendered":"Starter home prices now hit $340K as inventory shrinks, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LendingTree’s chief consumer finance analyst, Matt Schulz, breaks down where Gen Z adults are moving in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Starter homes have become increasingly scarce around the country relative to pre-pandemic inventory levels, though some metro areas around the country have a bigger supply for first-time home buyers.<\/p>\n

A new analysis by Realtor.com found that the national share of starter homes fell from 38.1% of active inventory in August 2019 to 36.2% in August 2026, while starter home prices rose 30.8% in that period from about $260,000 to $340,000.<\/p>\n

The report by Realtor.com senior economist Hannah Jones noted that the difference in inventory amounts to a gap of over 21,000 homes that would’ve been starter-priced today if that 2019 share held steady to date. Starter homes are defined in the report as being priced at about 80% of a metro’s median list price. They’re generally smaller and more accessible to first-time buyers or less affluent buyers.<\/p>\n

Compared with the pre-pandemic housing market, condos have also taken on a larger role within the starter home segment relative to single-family homes.<\/p>\n

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Starter home inventory has declined as a share of the national housing market, though Realtor.com found some metros have seen it rise since 2019.<\/span> (Angus Mordant\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In August 2019, condos comprised 18% of starter-price inventory around the country, with the rest being single-family homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That figure rose to 20% by 2022 and continued to increase to 27.1% of starter homes being condos or town homes in August 2026.<\/p>\n

The 100 largest metro areas in the country saw significant differences in terms of how the share of starter homes in their respective markets evolved from 2019 to 2026.<\/p>\n

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Starter homes are generally lower priced, and Realtor.com defined them as the tier of homes about 80% below the local median price.<\/span> (Brett Coomer\/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

While the share of starter homes has declined in the housing market nationally since 2019, some metro areas have seen gains since then.<\/p>\n

Boise, Idaho, saw the largest gain in the share of starter homes in the metro area’s housing market, with an increase of 4.7% from August 2019 to August 2026.<\/p>\n

The second-largest gain among the top 100 metro areas was in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, with an increase of 4%.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the top five largest gains in starter home share were Des Moines, Iowa, with 3.7%; San Jose, California, saw an increase of 2.9%; and Denver, Colorado, with a 2.5% gain.<\/p>\n

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Starter home inventories have declined in a number of metro areas in the Sunbelt region.<\/span> (David Paul Morris\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Metros in the Sun Belt region haven’t seen starter home inventory recover to pre-pandemic levels, with several leading the list of biggest declines through 2026.<\/p>\n

The Columbia, South Carolina, metro saw its share of starter homes decline by 8.3% from 2019 to 2026, marking the largest percentage decline in the country over that period.<\/p>\n

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, saw a decline of 7.5%, while Cape Coral and Fort Myers, Florida, fell 6.9%; and Augusta and Richmond County in Georgia and South Carolina fell 6.5%.<\/p>\n

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The only metro outside the South that ranked in the top five largest declines in starter home inventory was Fresno, Caliornia, where it declined 6% \u2013 equaling the decline in Greensboro and High Point, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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