About this tool
This report examines why single-family detached homes on smaller lots and single-family attached homes such as townhomes tend to cost less and can raise homeownership. It draws on home sales from 2000 to 2024 in four metro areas near federal land. It matters for understanding how building these home types could improve supply and affordability.
- Shows
- How home prices and homeownership compare for small-lot detached homes and townhomes, using sales in four metro areas near federal land.
- Places
- Metro areas
- Years
- 2000–2024
Questions it answers
- Do small-lot detached homes and townhomes cost less than other homes?
- Can building smaller-lot homes raise homeownership?
- How could federal land help add housing supply?
- Which reforms would allow more small-lot and attached homes to be built?
- How have home sales in metros near federal land changed since 2000?
Limits
- Covers only four metro areas near federal land, so results may not apply to other places.