Noun
starter home (plural starter homes)
A relatively small and inexpensive home, typically the first that a person or family can afford to purchase.
Synonym: starter house
In certain parts of the world - where I'm at right now in New York, you're going to pay a whole lot more. In Los Angeles, your average starter home is a million dollars. So I need more money in Los Angeles to live like a normal person. If I live in another city, Iowa maybe, I wouldn't need as much. Karrine Steffans