Whatever Happened to the Starter Home?
Developers are agnostic about what they build as long as they make a profit, which is
why we’ve seen the gradual extinction of start homes. Land and building material costs, government fees and community regulations are a few of the big reasons it’s hard to find anything under $300,000 today in some markets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/25/upshot/starter-home-
prices.html?searchResultPosition=1
