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entry-level housing

English translation: housing suitable for people who have not previously had a home of their own

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English term or phrase:entry-level housing
Selected answer:housing suitable for people who have not previously had a home of their own
Entered by: Jack Doughty

20:45 Jun 1, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Real Estate / residential real estate
English term or phrase: entry-level housing
 Diversified Price Points: In addition to attractive geographic diversity, the Portfolio ‎offers exposure to Properties that target value-oriented buyers and luxury buyers. xxx offers condominium units at competitive prices as ‎compared to rental property and other entry-level housing options, while xxx are priced for luxury-oriented buyers with higher incomes‎.
ahmadwadan.com
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 07:23
housing suitable for people who have not previously had a home of their own
Explanation:
Young people newly married (or otherwise paired off) who need a first home together usually do not have much money, and so have to enter the housing market, if they can do so at all, by renting or buying something very cheap.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:23
Grading comment
Thank you all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +16housing suitable for people who have not previously had a home of their own
Jack Doughty
5 +1affordable housing
German Hernandez


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +16
housing suitable for people who have not previously had a home of their own


Explanation:
Young people newly married (or otherwise paired off) who need a first home together usually do not have much money, and so have to enter the housing market, if they can do so at all, by renting or buying something very cheap.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you all.
Notes to answerer
Asker: What is the most suitable (one word) that can replace that term to be able to have a translation not description in my target language? Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tatiana Nero (X): yes, it's another euphemism for "cheap".
1 min
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agree  Konstantin Kisin
1 min
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agree  Will Matter: "Starter house", "first home" and so forth.
3 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  jccantrell: small and checp, allowing the buyers to get in with a low down-payment for the loan.
4 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Can Altinbay: Small and inexpensive. Cheap implies poor quality, which is maybe likely but not necessarily the case./I didn't think you implied it, but at least in the US, a lot of people read that in, so care is warranted.
16 mins
  -> Thank you, but I don't think cheap always implies pure quality. I didn't mean to imply that here.
agree  Clauwolf
22 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  marybro
24 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Mikhail Kropotov: I think cheap NEVER implies pure quality ;) The spelling got screwed up some place, so I was just trying to point it out. Poor and pure... Oh well, it's not important.
28 mins
  -> Thank you. It doesn't imply it, but you can always hope. "Hope springs eternal in the human breast".
agree  William [Bill] Gray: It also has the idea of "no frills" which allows application for low-interest loans provided for first-time house buyers.
28 mins
  -> Thank you. I guess it does. Reminds me of something from "Hancock's Half-Hour": (Tony Hancock is buying a car from Sid James) Tony: "I don't want any extras, thank you." Sid. "No extras? You want wheels, don't you?"
agree  Asghar Bhatti
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Dave Calderhead: 'Affordable housing' is one of sociologists and architects' current trendy terms
4 hrs
  -> Thank you. Yes, but that's an elastic term, isn't it? Affordable by whom? Richard Branson? Alan Sugar?
agree  humbird: Housing for the "first home buyers" in the U.S.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you. It can be called that here too.
agree  NancyLynn: first-time home buyers
15 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Angela Dickson (X): yes, I don't think there is a one-word synonym here.
16 hrs
  -> Thank you. Yes. I think the asker wants an explanation rather than a synonym.
agree  Isodynamia
16 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
18 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
affordable housing


Explanation:
Houses for first time buyers whose income goes from minimum to near professional income. Some houses in a development, let´s say 25%, must be sold as entry-level housing to people who can't afford to pay more than their 30% of income for housing. There many rules in US and UK. Those houses have a restricted sale price and can be bought if the town accepts the buyer, once they meet some requirements. In my case I went to one of those houses and they are the same as others in a development, at least in NJ.


    Reference: http://www.canmorehousing.ca/2005tocpahpolicy.htm
German Hernandez
Local time: 23:23
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dave Calderhead
3 hrs
neutral  Angela Dickson (X): this is a current buzz-word and the meaning is close but in many definitions 'affordable housing' does not have to be for first time buyers.
9 hrs
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