{"id":237,"date":"2026-10-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:00:00","slug":"starter-home-squeeze-where-first-time-buyers-still-find-a-foothold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/24\/starter-home-squeeze-where-first-time-buyers-still-find-a-foothold\/","title":{"rendered":"Starter-Home Squeeze: Where First-Time Buyers Still Find a Foothold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Starter homes have become noticeably harder to find since 2019\u2014their share has slipped from 38.1% to 36.2%, while prices have climbed by 31%. For many first-time buyers, this means condos and townhomes are now more commonly serving as entry points into homeownership. My work with first-time buyers and those relocating across Texas has given me a front-row seat to these shifts. If affordability is your top concern, it&#039;s interesting to note that the Midwest is offering more accessible options than many Southeast or Sunbelt markets. Having spent years guiding clients through changing markets\u2014and drawing on my own family\u2019s real estate investment experience\u2014I know how important it is to understand where opportunities still exist. The path to your first home may look a little different these days, but with the right insight, a foothold is still within reach.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketscreener.com\/news\/starter-home-squeeze-where-first-time-buyers-still-find-a-foothold-ce785dded088fe24\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starter homes have become noticeably harder to find since 2019\u2014their share has slipped from 38.1% to 36.2%, while prices have climbed by 31%. For many first-time buyers, this means condos and townhomes are now more commonly serving as entry points into homeownership. My work with first-time buyers and those relocating across Texas has given me [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mandamafi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}