{"id":26,"date":"2026-09-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/debidonner-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.debidonner.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\/debi-donner\/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&#039;ve seen new single-family homes across the U.S. shrink from an average of 2,700 to 2,400 square feet, while the price per square foot has soared by about 72%. By 2025, one in four new builds will be under 1,800 square feet\u2014quite a shift from about one in six just ten years ago. Meanwhile, homes over 3,000 square feet have become less common, now accounting for only one in five new properties compared to one in three previously. Builders are responding to rising land, labor, and material costs by designing more compact homes, aiming to keep overall prices manageable even as mortgage rates hover around 6% to 7%. For those entering the market or watching every dollar, these smaller footprints can mean lower down payments and monthly expenses, even if the cost per square foot remains high. As someone deeply connected to the Johnson County and Greater Kansas City luxury market, I see how these national trends influence both our expectations and the local opportunities available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, we&#039;ve seen new single-family homes across the U.S. shrink from an average of 2,700 to 2,400 square feet, while the price per square foot has soared by about 72%. By 2025, one in four new builds will be under 1,800 square feet\u2014quite a shift from about one in six just ten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debidonner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}