US developers tap first-time buyer market
They are selling more entry-level homes that have less built-in features at prices that can be 30% lower
Boston
SURGING prices have almost closed off the new-home market to young buyers such as Brandon and Quincey Lindemann. But the Denver-area couple has found a way in.
The Lindemanns paid US$350,000 in October for a three-bedroom house at Tri Pointe Group Inc's Terrain, a new Castle Rock, Colorado, community designed for first-time buyers. While the home has press-board kitchen counters and a yard too small for the children that the Lindemanns plan to have, it is almost 30 per cent cheaper than the average for a new house in the area.
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