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'Starter' Homes Cost over $1M in 242 US Cities

'Starter' homes cost over $1M in 242 US cities Diana Ionescu Thu, 06/25/2026 - 05:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption A home for sale in Los Angeles, California. New data from Zillow reveals that a record 242 U.S. cities have "starter homes" that cost $1 million or more, putting homeownership out of reach for many Americans.  Nationwide, the typical starter home is worth just under $200,000, the article notes, and million-dollar homes remai…
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An initial home in Great Falls, Virginia, costs $1,233,946. It is six times the national average of $198,649 and places this town in Fairfax County among 242 cities in the United States where the price of an entry home exceeds one million dollars, according to Zillow's analysis published in June. The 4 cities of DMV on the Zillow list defines a "starter home" as a home in the lower third of an area's values. In the DMV, four localities exceed th…

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El Tiempo Latino broke the news on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
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