Starter-home sales have been on an upward trend for more than a year, consistently outperforming the rest of the market through 2025 as buyers shift their focus to the most affordable homes available.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Lauren writes about interior design and real estate. With an uncertain housing market, many potential sellers are staying ...

Gisele Bundchen's starter home asks nearly $17M. Getty Images for IWC Schaffhausen Brazilian supermodel and activist Gisele Bündchen’s West Village starter home is back on the market for $16.99 ...

The total number of starter homes for sale in the Las Vegas Valley increased more than any other metro in the country year over year, according to a new study. Redfin estimates the median sale price ...

Starter homes are starting a little bit higher these days, according to a Redfin report. The typical U.S. starter home sold for a record median price of $260,508 in August, rising 2.2% from a year ...

Tom Postilio and Mickey Conlon have seen many housing trends in their combined nearly 45 years in the real estate industry. A current one that's mostly universal — save for the adventurous, handy and ...

For many first-time buyers, starter homes feel like an endangered species. In hundreds of cities nationwide, so-called starter homes now cost $1 million or more.¹ Even in areas where prices are lower, ...

We have a true crisis unfolding here in the USA. It’s very difficult for a young person or couple in their mid-20s to buy a home. My youngest daughter, who is 33, is facing this grim reality. My other ...

The sales of starter-homes rose nearly 4 percent year-over-year in June, though the largest inventory climb since October 2019 is mired by record prices up roughly 3 percent since last summer, ...