US EditionTrump says U.S. to ban large investors from buying single-family homes
Trump plans to bar large investors to improve homeownership affordability, citing rising prices and inflation; roughly 20% of US single-family homes are investor-owned, data shows.
- On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump announced in Washington he is taking immediate steps to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes and will ask Congress to codify it.
- Citing pressure from young Americans and housing advocates, Trump said the "American Dream" is "increasingly out of reach" due to inflation and the previous administration, with Yahoo Finance reporting nine out of 10 Americans blame corporate landlords.
- In a sparse Jan. 7 post on Truth Social, Trump teased the plan with few details and emphasized homes should belong to people, not corporate landlords.
- He will promote the plan at Davos on Jan. 19, where Trump said he will raise the proposal at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and House Republicans will discuss their 2026 agenda.
- According to Yahoo Finance, nine out of 10 Americans say corporate landlords have made buying a home more difficult, while housing market analysts predict affordability could improve in 2026.
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5 ways Trump's proposed institutional single-family homebuying ban could affect the housing market
On a national level, “large investors”—those owning at least 100 single-family homes—own only about 1% of the total U.S. single-family housing stock. That said, this share varies widely across the country.
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Trump bid to ban corporate homebuying blindsides Wall Street
Patrick Clark (Bloomberg) — The time of the corporate landlord as America’s housing villain was supposed to be over. Money managers like Blackstone Inc. and Pretium who binged on single-family rentals in the wake of the financial crisis took blow after blow as housing prices shot up. But the cohort has since cooled its buying, and the attacks slowed. No longer. President Donald Trump on Wednesday brought the issue front-and-center when he pledge…
Trump targets institutional investors in housing affordability push
President Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes, the latest proposal from the administration to address housing affordability ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
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