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Posted on 01/07/2026 11:43:41 AM PST by ducttape45
Trump to ban large institutional investors from buying up single-family homes
Trump said that he would discuss the announcement further at his speech in Davos, Switzerland, in two weeks.
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he is taking immediate steps to ban large institutional investors from purchasing additional single-family homes, arguing that corporate ownership has pushed homeownership out of reach for many Americans.
In a post shared Tuesday afternoon, Trump said buying and owning a home was long considered “the pinnacle of the American Dream,” but claimed that record-high inflation under the Biden administration and congressional Democrats has made that goal increasingly unattainable, particularly for younger Americans.
“For a very long time, buying and owning a home was considered the pinnacle of the American Dream,” Trump wrote. “But now, because of the Record High Inflation caused by Joe Biden and the Democrats in Congress, that American Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people.”
Trump said he would move to prohibit large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes and urged Congress to codify the policy into law.
“People live in homes, not corporations,” he wrote. Trump also noted that he would discuss the announcement at his speech in Davos, Switzerland, in two weeks.
Large institutional investors now control a meaningful share of America’s single-family housing stock, a trend that has accelerated over the past decade.
Research compiled from Zillow, Redfin, CoreLogic, and the American Enterprise Institute shows that institutional investors own roughly 3–4 percent of all US single-family homes, translating to more than 500,000 houses nationwide. While that may appear modest at the national level, the concentration is far higher in certain metro areas, particularly in fast-growing Sun Belt cities such as Atlanta, Phoenix, Tampa, and Charlotte.
Investor activity surged following the 2008 financial crisis and spiked again during the pandemic-era housing boom. According to Federal Housing Finance Agency and Redfin data, investors accounted for 25–30 percent of home purchases in some markets during peak periods in 2021 and 2022. A significant portion of those purchases came from large corporate buyers, including private equity firms and real estate investment trusts, many of which targeted lower-priced and entry-level homes suitable for conversion into single-family rentals.
Housing analysts note that institutional ownership is disproportionately focused on the rental market, where growth has been strongest. CoreLogic estimates that the institutional single-family rental sector nearly tripled in size between 2012 and 2024. Studies from the Urban Institute and AEI have linked heavy investor activity to reduced housing supply for first-time buyers, faster price appreciation, and rising rents in markets with high corporate concentration.
I didn't put the word "BREAKING" in the title cuz I hate it when I see that.
Thoughts?
This will be an OUTSTANDING move by Trump.
MonCommie of NYC is moving in the opposite direction and wants government and blackrock to buy up all the housing.
Guess Mundane-u will be breaking the law then.
One company near a relative’s home in a major city only winds up renting to what become a dozen illegals, causing even a local news story, when police show up.
An older couple used to own it.
You can find used condoms near their house on the street, as illegals go there for sex romps.
The bigger city won’t let the police do anything to stop it, because, well, illegals are gonna illegal.
But what can he, as head of the Executive Branch, do about it? This is a job for Congress, and under John Thune and Mike Johnson Congress will do nothing.
I agree it would be a good thing. But I question if the Federal Government has such authority. I can't think of anything in the Constitution that would grant them such authority.
and 1 individual(Bill Gates) from buying up Farmland ?
It’s a popular move that puts TDS uniparty memebers on the wrong side of another 80/20 issue ahead of the midterms.
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MonCommie of NYC is moving in the opposite direction and wants government and blackrock to buy up all the housing.
and they’ll end up in the hands of muslims
The Chinese have had their finger in this for a long time, in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and elsewhere.
Although a great idea, only Congress can enact that law, not the President.
So I am to be restricted as to whom I can sell my house; I am not to be allowed to seek the best offer I can get???
As much as I do think corporate buyers have “bid up” home values in some areas, by their buying coming in where private individual buyers might have been unwilling to pay the asking price, and that activity has, in some areas, “saved” some price inflation that had been going on (the corporate buyer has the resources to pay a higher price and hang on to the property until the natural market of private buyers is willing to pay that much; in part by just renting the property until then).
However, I am still not in love with the law intervening on what we can and cannot do when choosing to whom we can sell our own property.
I believe this is good.
To get a good idea of the cost of housing I look at the median wage of the community and that will offer some idea of the housing prices.
The large investors are able to bid the prices for SFR beyond that threshold resulting in a potential buyer being able to only rent for long periods.
The on the ground issue will aways be that that large investors have much more capital and can bid the price of a property up beyond the ability of the local purchaser.
The irony is that much of the capital used to price the homes out of market tolerance comes from retirement funds which some of might have come from the exact community.
EXCELLENT! I’ve called for this for a long time. This will be MASSIVELY popular with younger voters as well as blue collar voters - across all ethnic groups.
Dang!
There goes my 2026 financial plan.../s
worst idea ever, and would result in the complete collapse of the real estate market and wipe out the net worth of most in or near retirement that have all their networth tied up in their homes.
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