{"id":28,"date":"2026-09-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/mamunrealestate-com\/2026\/09\/23\/what-smaller-u-s-homes-could-mean-for-buyers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:00:00","slug":"what-smaller-u-s-homes-could-mean-for-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/23\/what-smaller-u-s-homes-could-mean-for-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"What Smaller U.S. Homes Could Mean for Buyers"},"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\/md-mamun\/shrinkflation-housing-prices-remotion-videos-6f40\"\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>Over the past decade, we\u2019ve seen an interesting shift in new single-family homes across the U.S.\u2014the average size has decreased from 2,700 square feet to 2,400 square feet, even as the price per square foot has surged by about 72%. In 2025, 1 in 4 new homes sold measured under 1,800 square feet (up from about 1 in 6 ten years ago), while the share of homes 3,000 square feet or larger dropped from roughly 1 in 3 to 1 in 5. Builders are turning to more compact designs to balance rising land, labor, and material costs, helping keep home prices within reach despite mortgage rates hovering between 6% and 7%. For budget-focused and first-time buyers, these smaller homes can mean a more accessible down payment and manageable monthly payments\u2014though the increase in price per square foot means affordability is still a challenge. As a full-time real estate professional in Western New York, I pay close attention to how these national trends play out locally, always focused on helping clients navigate changes to maximize their equity and make confident, informed decisions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, we\u2019ve seen an interesting shift in new single-family homes across the U.S.\u2014the average size has decreased from 2,700 square feet to 2,400 square feet, even as the price per square foot has surged by about 72%. In 2025, 1 in 4 new homes sold measured under 1,800 square feet (up from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":63,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mamunrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}