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Should Congress bar big investors from buying single-family homes?
Debate centers on whether limiting institutional buyers helps affordability as they hold only about 4% of single-family rentals, with concerns about market impact and legal challenges.
Summary by San Diego Union Tribune
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Are Institutions Buying Up Single-Family Homes?
The White House announced last week that it is “taking steps” to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. It’s unclear whether the President has legal authority to do this without action from Congress. But setting aside that issue, let’s investigate the merits of the policy. Many commentators have pointed out that institutional investors have such a small presence in the single-family market that it is implausible to at…
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