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By John Pullega – 2-10 Writer & Home Warranty Advocate | Updated July 24, 2025 | Published June 15, 2023

Many builders are shying away from starter homes due to a variety of factors that make them less profitable. Despite this, high demand for these properties makes them a sound investment in certain markets. If you’re considering your options, understanding the current trends can help guide your decision.

Plummeting Inventory Is a Problem

Since 2008, housing inventory has been scarce. Limited availability has pushed starter home prices upward, making them increasingly unaffordable in several popular markets, including Tacoma, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Miami, Los Angeles, and Denver...

Albuquerque-Based Stillbrooke Homes Offers Buyers Customization Without the Custom Prices 

Homebuilder wins Best Kitchen and Best Bathroom for its 2019 Parade Home

Albuquerque, N.M., – Stillbrooke Homes, an Albuquerque-based homebuilder that offers home buyers customized homes without the custom prices, won two awards for its Parade Home located in the Santa Monica Estates in the Northeast Heights. The home, which has now been sold, won best kitchen and best bathroom in category 2.  Stillbrooke has won numerous homebuilder awards since the company was first founded in Albuquerque in 1997.

With over 20 floorplans to choose from, Stillbrooke allows buyers to make structural changes such as moving walls and making rooms bigger which offers buyers customization adding virtually unlimited ...

7415 Tangerine Court 

– 3 Bedroom Town-home, 2.5 Bath, 2 Car Garage. Front landscaping and drip system. Dishwasher, washer and dryer hookup, fenced backyard, Gorgeous Master with Energy saving, and Custom cabinets! Lots of unique features!

6904 Papaya

– Paired Home 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath, 1 Car Garage, Deck, comfortable Great Room...

This spacious two story home family home has an open floor plan that you will love featuring a study/forth bedroom located downstairs with access to a 3/4 bath handy for guests. The volume covered porch adds drama to and entrance to the home with generous hard service for easy maintenance. The open family room and dining room provide ample space for entertaining and an openness desired today. The kitchen features granite counter tops and island and full compliment of appliances with a generous portion of custom hand finished cabinets. The second level has a laundry room which makes for quick access from the bedrooms. The master suite features a spacious walk in closet and a master bath that includes a soaking tub. In a great family neighborhood on a nice and a more private cul-de-sac lot!

FINISHED, READY, JUST FOR YOU!!

Come see this Outstanding home in Paradise View Community! Newly tile roof with gorgeous outside entry landscape. Granite kitchen counter with an antique white finish to cabinets. This home is equipped with our exclusive Green Smart energy efficiency package. One story, Master bedroom features upgrade fixtures,soaking tub, convenient closet. Family room connected to nook and open to kitchen. Tile wood look flooring in part of the home, thick walls, cultured marble in Master bedroom bath. Fully customed in this great quality Northwest heights price!

Stillbrooke Homes Introduces Home for the Holidays! From now until November 30th, 2018 Stillbrooke Homes wants to offer you these amazing prices!  But hurry limited to these inventory homes! For more Information on the Home for the Holidays savings of up to $20,000 please be sure to stop by one of our Model Homes or call one of our sales associates. For model home addresses, sales numbers, and to see which homes qualify for the Home for the Holidays please click link below let Stillbrooke bring your family Home for the Holidays! 

Certain Restrictions Apply. 

Homes for the Holiday’s Flyer

Come Join us on October 12th-14th and October 19th-21st for the Fall  2018 Parade of Homes!! Stillbrooke Homes will be having two Parade entries this year, one on the East side (7305 Dana Point in Santa Monica) and our model home on the West side (5901 Ermemin). Can’t make it to our Parade of Homes, no need to worry! Visit our regular model homes (7301 Dana Point and 5901 Ermemin) hours (10am-6pm Monday-Saturday or 12pm-6pm on Sundays). Let us build your home with excellence today!

7305 Dana Point one of our newest homes built, just the right fit for any informal family gatherings! Popular floor-plan with 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath on a fantastic lot. Huge over-sized garage, Quartz counter-tops, wide open great room and customed polar hand finished cabinets...

Please join us April 27th-29th and May 4th-6th for the Spring 2018 Parade of Homes! Stillbrooke Homes will have two Parade entries this year one on the East side (7301 Dana Point in Santa Monica) and one on the West side (5901 Ermemin in Paradise View). They are both our newest models that we are confident you will love. Visit during the Parade of Homes or our regular model home hours (10am-6pm Monday – Saturday and 12pm-6pm on Sundays at both locations) and let us help you build you dream custom/semi-custom home today!

Come visit us in the Fall 2017 Parade of Homes October 13th-15th and the following weekend the 20th-22nd.

We will be featuring two of our remarkable model homes.

9747 Calle Chamisa located in Northwest Albuquerque is a one of our most popular 3 or 4 bedroom floor plans on a fantastic corner lot. This home has many upgrades including wood look tile floors, a large custom shower in the master bath, a wide open family room that meets the kitchen featuring high ceilings, large built in island and custom hand stained cabinets. Come see this charming home and let us build yours today!!

7301 Dana Point located in the scenic Northeast Heights is perfect for entertaining with an open floor plan featuring many unique upgrades...