I just read an article claiming that the median size of new homes in the U.S. has dropped 8 of the last 9 years and and is expected to drop again this year. Maybe new home buyers are buying what they can afford in the face of prices rising faster than wages. Maybe older buyers are seeing homes as less of an investment in this market and more like an expense to be managed
As I was reading I was thinking, builders would have to know that first, then build for it. I think the more likely reason new homes have been shrinking a few sqft for the last 8 years is because of “shrinkflation.” Charge the same contrived prices but give the buyer less. Just don’t make it look like less
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