{"id":2573,"date":"2026-01-08T17:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/trump-goes-after-institutional-home-buyers-who-dominate-some-sun-belt-markets\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T17:09:12","slug":"trump-goes-after-institutional-home-buyers-who-dominate-some-sun-belt-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finzexpert.com\/blog\/trump-goes-after-institutional-home-buyers-who-dominate-some-sun-belt-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump goes after institutional home buyers who dominate some Sun Belt markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108248827\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>President Donald Trump speaks during the House Republican Party member retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Jan. 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s renewed focus on housing affordability has found a clear villain: institutional investors that own large swaths of single-family homes in fast-growing Sun Belt cities, where would-be homeowners increasingly find themselves bidding against Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>Trump argued in a social media post Wednesday that\u00a0corporate ownership has helped push housing further out of reach for everyday Americans, saying he&#8217;s\u00a0immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes. <\/p>\n<p>The message may be aimed at places like Atlanta and Jacksonville, metropolitan areas where investor ownership is far higher than the national average. <\/p>\n<p>While institutional investors only own roughly 2% of the nation&#8217;s single-family rental housing stock, their presence is far more concentrated in parts of the Southeast. The U.S. Government Accountability Office estimates, for example, that investors control about a quarter of Atlanta&#8217;s single-family rental market, more than a fifth of Jacksonville&#8217;s and sizable shares in Charlotte and Tampa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed InlineImage-inlineInfographic\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108249921\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imagePlaceholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:51.54639175257733%\">\n<div><button class=\"InlineImage-closeEnlargedImage\"><svg width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewbox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"#002F6C\" aria-labelledby=\"title desc\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" data-analytic-id=\"expand-icon\" class=\"InlineImage-background\"><title>Zoom In Icon<\/title><desc>Arrows pointing outwards<\/desc><circle cx=\"10\" cy=\"10\" r=\"10\" fill=\"white\" stroke=\"#002F6C\"\/><path d=\"M9.20185 10.7982C8.96049 10.5568 8.57037 10.5568 8.32901 10.7982L5.67901 13.4482V11.2346C5.67901 10.8938 5.40308 10.6173 5.06173 10.6173C4.72037 10.6173 4.44444 10.8938 4.44444 11.2346V14.9383C4.44444 15.279 4.72037 15.5556 5.06173 15.5556H8.76543C9.10679 15.5556 9.38271 15.279 9.38271 14.9383C9.38271 14.5975 9.10679 14.321 8.76543 14.321H6.55185L9.20185 11.671C9.44321 11.4296 9.44321 11.0395 9.20185 10.7982ZM14.9383 4.44446H11.2346C10.8932 4.44446 10.6173 4.721 10.6173 5.06174C10.6173 5.40248 10.8932 5.67903 11.2346 5.67903H13.4481L10.7981 8.32903C10.5568 8.57038 10.5568 8.96051 10.7981 9.20187C10.9185 9.32224 11.0765 9.38273 11.2346 9.38273C11.3926 9.38273 11.5506 9.32224 11.671 9.20187L14.321 6.55187V8.76545C14.321 9.10619 14.5969 9.38273 14.9383 9.38273C15.2796 9.38273 15.5556 9.10619 15.5556 8.76545V5.06174C15.5556 4.721 15.2796 4.44446 14.9383 4.44446Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Wall Street goes shopping in the Sun Belt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Those concentrations trace back to the aftermath of the financial crisis, when large investors moved aggressively into housing markets flooded with foreclosures. By buying homes in bulk, they helped stabilize prices in hard-hit regions experiencing sharp declines, particularly across the Sun Belt, according to Wolfe Research. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While their overall footprint is limited, ownership is heavily concentrated in Sun Belt cities, likely reflecting expectations of stronger home price appreciation,&#8221; analysts at Wolfe said in a recent note to clients.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of curbing Wall Street&#8217;s role in housing isn&#8217;t new. Analysts at BTIG note that Congress has seen multiple efforts in recent years to rein in institutional homeownership, ranging from tighter regulations and financing limits to outright ownership bans and even forced liquidations. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bureaucratic limitations have historically hindered the legislation in Congress, and as it stands now most bills remain in the &#8216;Introduced&#8217; phase,&#8221; BTIG said in a note. <\/p>\n<p>Trump did not provide details on how such a ban would be implemented. The president said he plans to outline additional housing and affordability proposals in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 CNBC&#8217;s Michael Bloom contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump speaks during the House Republican Party member retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Jan. 6, 2026. 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