(The Center Square) – Starter homes now cost over $1 million in 113 California cities, according to a new report from Zillow, highlighting the state’s skyrocketing cost of housing and impact on sustained domestic outmigration.
Starter homes cost over $1 million in 233 cities, meaning 57% of cities where starter homes cost over $1 million are in California.
Zillow’s report closely tracks recent findings from the state-funded Legislative Analyst’s Office, whose housing affordability report for the first quarter of 2025 found “a bottom-tier home in California is now about 32 percent more expensive than a mid-tier home in the rest of the U.S.”…