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He’s also quietly removing investment banking from residential SFH real estate. Media has hardly reported on it. Too popular, and even among nest egg homeowners, who wants Blackstone rentals and Sec 8 next door? Also would dampen the prices for entry level SFHs. Win win.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5698163-trump-executive-order-wall-street-single-family-homes/

Trump signs executive order barring Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes
BY RYAN MANCINI - 01/20/26 11:05 PM ET

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday stopping Wall Street investors from buying and owning single-family homes, amid his push to focus on affordability ahead of the November midterm elections.

“Buying and owning a home has long been considered the pinnacle of the American dream and a way for families to invest and build lifetime wealth,” Trump’s order reads. “But because of the recent high inflation and interest rates caused by the previous administration, that American dream has been increasingly out of reach for too many of our citizens, especially first-time homebuyers.”

Investors almost never buy SFRs fool, there’s no profit. They all do commercial or apartments.

That was a pointless token gesture. Kinda like no tax on tips.

Executive orders are rolled back the moment the new guy is in the WH.

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Investors almost never buy SFRs fool, there’s no profit.

Not in Kansas but they buy up a large chunk of every SFH that comes up for sale in markets that are hot and can get high rents.
If there wasn't any instances of Investment firms buying up a large chunk of the available stock then Trump wouldn't have singed it.

Trump can't do everything. He's making huge inroads on immigration, election fraud, putting Woke in the dust bin of History, and destroying the green shoots of the color guard revolution, Marxist brainwashing in our schools, Communist influence in governments foreign and domestic.

It will be up to future Presidents to free up Federal land and build 10 new cities, and create so much available housing Stock in America that housing prices fall across the board. Trump or nobody can just demand those holding to houses now to get off them and sell them for a loss. That can only be done by market forces. And it will take a lot more than this EO to do that. But it will help.
He should have included the private house flippers and landlords to, for maximum effect. A Federal property tax on all properties over 2, and a higher capital gains tax on houses bought and sold with a certain percent profit cap within a given timeframe.
Meaning if you buy a house for 200K turn it into a Home Depot design showroom, then sell it within 2 to 5 years over 500 or 600K.

He should allow banks to loan money to would be SFH home owners that will have to put in sweat equity to make the house move in ready. That's the biggest killer of the American dream right there. Banks will gut the kitchen and bathroom just so no bank will loan money to anyone for the house. Their shell investment firms then buys those "distressed" houses for a 25% of what the house would have sold for if they didn't rig the system and gut the appliances and cabinets. There's no reason why the bank can't loan Joe Public 200K for property that only needs about 20K in work. Rather than making them wait until the flippers had their way with it, and sell it for 550K.

It probably wont be Trump that sets the American dream back on track, but that's about everything that will have to happen to get SFH back in reach of American home buyers. There will be future candidates that will do it, we just need free and fair elections so they can make it across the finish line. And Trump is crushing it on that reality.

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

That was a pointless token gesture. Kinda like no tax on tips.

There are people who make $400 a night in tips. Many tip earners don't report a large chunk of their tips. So their stated income looks weak, and it hurts them financially in credit markets. This way they can state their actual income without getting taxed on it.

Tenpoundbass says

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

That was a pointless token gesture. Kinda like no tax on tips.

There are people who make $400 a night in tips. Many tip earners don't report a large chunk of their tips. So their stated income looks weak, and it hurts them financially in credit markets. This way they can state their actual income without getting taxed on it.

Wut? No tax on tips has a ceiling of $25K. So these tax-dodging fucks don't get much relief even in this sense.

Tenpoundbass says

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

That was a pointless token gesture. Kinda like no tax on tips.

There are people who make $400 a night in tips. Many tip earners don't report a large chunk of their tips. So their stated income looks weak, and it hurts them financially in credit markets. This way they can state their actual income without getting taxed on it.

Why would they state it? There’s no incentive.

Now here is interesting thing that’s kinda recent. My state if Idaho doesn’t want to implement it, because tax revenue would drop and put us in the red. So I guess there’s something there.

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

That was a pointless token gesture. Kinda like no tax on tips.

Really? Talk to someone who actually works as a waitress. They have taxes pulled on tips based on estimates of what those tips would be. Also, tips done through app such as Uber have those tips reported to the IRS.

HeadSet says

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

That was a pointless token gesture. Kinda like no tax on tips.

Really? Talk to someone who actually works as a waitress. They have taxes pulled on tips based on estimates of what those tips would be. Also, tips done through app such as Uber have those tips reported to the IRS.

I waited tables in my life, you think i was born with silver spoon?

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Investors almost never buy SFRs fool, there’s no profit. They all do commercial or apartments.

Get on padmapper.com and check out San Antonio lol... There are whole subdivisions built / being built in other parts of TX strictly for companies to buy up in whole, then rent out to people.

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Investors almost never buy SFRs fool, there’s no profit. They all do commercial or apartments.

That was a pointless token gesture. Kinda like no tax on tips.

Nevada (my locale) has 25% of SFH owned by investors.
https://www.rgj.com/story/news/nevada/2026/01/20/investors-own-quarter-nevada-homes/88266432007/

It’s about 15% for Arizona (20% for Phoenix)
https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/untitiled,652714

20% in California
https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/investors-majority-homes-some-calif-counties-20780941.php

Further east, the numbers go down. 10% corporate ownership for Florida, 3% for Colorado. But where there’s been high immigration under Biden, the numbers go up. 18% in North Carolina. Ohio and Texas have been on a tear since 2023.

https://www.statenews.org/section/the-ohio-newsroom/2025-10-21/llcs-and-out-of-state-investors-are-buying-up-ohio-homes

No sense dooming when Trump’s doing the right thing here.

Yes, held by investors. Mostly those are small time investors. About 12% of the population has more than 1 residential house. That's about 13 million households. Yes, some of those are strictly for vacation homes, but most are rentals.

Only about 4% of housing is held by large Wall Street firms.

Misc says

Yes, held by investors. Mostly those are small time investors. About 12% of the population has more than 1 residential house. That's about 13 million households. Yes, some of those are strictly for vacation homes, but most are rentals.

Only about 4% of housing is held by large Wall Street firms.

Right, it looks like about 20% of SFH rentals are institutional (or, 4% overall). But what’s missing is the very recent entrance of these groups — since 2022 they’ve distorted rental and SFH markets, accounting for 1/3rd to 1/2 of sales in western metros and places like Texas and Ohio. That has an impact on market prices. Removing those players along with illegal immigrants will only help first time homebuyers.

Tenpoundbass says

Trump can't do everything. He's making huge inroads on immigration, election fraud, putting Woke in the dust bin of History, and destroying the green shoots of the color guard revolution, Marxist brainwashing in our schools, Communist influence in governments foreign and domestic.

He isn't bringing America back to 1962 in two years! Total Failure.

So many focus on Trump when the real problem is the lazy House and the Filibuster in the Senate

This is important to add.

In my area the purported value has dropped by 10% in the last year. Still up close to 90% since 2018.