{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/inlandempirehomevalue-com\/2026\/09\/16\/what-smaller-u-s-homes-could-mean-for-buyers\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:00:00","slug":"what-smaller-u-s-homes-could-mean-for-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/16\/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\/sean-reid\/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 the average new single-family home in the U.S. shrink from 2,700 to 2,400 square feet, while the price per square foot has surged by about 72%. By 2025, one in four new builds measured under 1,800 sq-ft\u2014up from just one in six homes ten years ago. At the same time, larger homes (3,000 sq-ft or more) have become less common, dropping from about one in three to one in five nationwide. Builders are turning to smaller floor plans to help balance the rising costs of land, labor, and materials\u2014making homes more accessible even as mortgage rates hover between 6% and 7%. For first-time buyers and those watching their budgets, these more compact homes can mean a lower down payment and reduced monthly expenses. But with the increased price per square foot, affordability remains a challenge. In my years guiding buyers and investors through Eastvale, Chino Hills, Los Angeles County, and beyond, I\u2019ve found that understanding these shifts is key to spotting value and making confident moves\u2014especially when the market is evolving so quickly.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past decade, we\u2019ve seen the average new single-family home in the U.S. shrink from 2,700 to 2,400 square feet, while the price per square foot has surged by about 72%. By 2025, one in four new builds measured under 1,800 sq-ft\u2014up from just one in six homes ten years ago. At the same [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":61,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inlandempirehomevalue.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}