Champaign Voices

Housing Prices Stay Absurd; Grown Adults Invent New Definitions of 'Starter Home'

Published: April 13, 2026

Markets continued to price first-time buyers out as listings for modest houses read like luxury ads and 'starter' began to mean 'maybe in a decade.' What do you think?

“We bought when houses cost a truck. Sorry not sorry.”

“A starter home shouldn't require a trust fund.”

“I'll move out when math starts making sense.”