{"id":9755,"date":"2026-07-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/?p=9755"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:00:00","slug":"us-starter-homes-cross-1m-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/us-starter-homes-cross-1m-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"US Starter Homes Cross $1M Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/lisa-miller-2\/expensive-starter-homes\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>A Real Estate portal counted 242 US cities where starter homes now top $1M, compared with 226 in the yearly comparison period.<br \/>\nThe $1M-starter-home footprint is &gt;3x its Early-Q1 2020 level, and &gt;half of US states now include at least one such city overall.<br \/>\nPandemic-era price gains followed limited supply, strong demand beyond urban hubs, low mortgage rates, remote-work moves, and construction delays tied to labor and supply-chain issues.<br \/>\nBuyer conditions are gradually improving: homeowners now break even versus renting after ~6 yr, compared with 8 yr in 2023, useful planning context.<br \/>\nWith more inventory, slower price growth, and a narrowing rent-versus-buy gap, financially prepared buyers are generally better positioned than in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Real Estate portal counted 242 US cities where starter homes now top $1M, compared with 226 in the yearly comparison period. The $1M-starter-home footprint is &gt;3x its Early-Q1 2020 level, and &gt;half of US states now include at least one such city overall. Pandemic-era price gains followed limited supply, strong demand beyond urban hubs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paOTA9-2xl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9923,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/u-s-starter-homes-buyers-gain-leverage\/","url_meta":{"origin":9755,"position":0},"title":"U.S. Starter Homes: Buyers Gain Leverage","author":"admin","date":"August 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/waiting-buy-home-remotion-videos-967d_share.jpg?fit=496%2C279&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9946,"url":"https:\/\/lisamillerpllc.com\/staging\/existing-home-sales-slip\/","url_meta":{"origin":9755,"position":1},"title":"Existing Home Sales Slip","author":"admin","date":"September 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"US existing-home sales slipped 1.7% in Early-Q3 to a 4.06M annual pace, slightly above economists' expectations and still \u21910.7% on a yearly basis. 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