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2026 Fall Conference Research · Indiana Association of REALTORS®
Indiana’s housing shortage isn’t just a deficit of units. It’s a mismatch between the homes we build and the households we’re adding.
Households with one or two people account for 76% of the state’s growth, but starter homes under $250,000 have dropped from 32% of new construction sales to just 5%. This project looks at who Indiana is adding, what we’re building, and how local zoning and development standards shape the gap between the two.
Data: U.S. Census and ACS estimates, IAR MLS data, Indiana Gateway sales disclosures. Source: Indiana Association of REALTORS®.
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The complete analysis in five parts: population growth, household formation, the market shift toward smaller homes, the disappearing starter home, and the policy levers that could close the gap.
Print editions
Full report
The complete research in print form. Every chart and finding from the study, formatted for printing or reading offline.
Download PDF ↓Two-page summary
The whole story on one sheet: the key numbers, the market mismatch, and four levers for building smaller and smarter. Made for handing out.
Download PDF ↓Explore the data
Residential zoning rules for 50 Indiana cities and towns: minimum lot sizes, parking requirements, and ADU rules, with links to each local ordinance. Built for this research and kept open as a statewide reference.
Member studio
Log in with your member account for the brief presentation deck, the managing broker one-pager, the quick takeaways deck for sales meetings, planning commission talking points, and a social kit of posts, carousels, and reels.
A 20-minute summary deck making the case for zoning and regulatory reform to stakeholders and policymakers.
A one-pager on what this research means for the market, built for telling your team at a sales meeting.
Five slides for a managing broker to present to agents: what the research changes about this week's buyer and seller conversations.
Three ready-to-post story arcs: carousels, short reels, and captions, sized for Instagram and Facebook.
What to say when zoning comes up at a public meeting, grounded in the research.