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Trump Signals Plan to Ban Institutional Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes

Headline from Kiplinger, on the newest of 2 developments

Trump says he plans to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Here’s what the data shows and what it could mean for housing

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Developments in this update

2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Trump threatens to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes

    Headline from ABC 13 Houston ·

  2. Newest

    Trump Signals Plan to Ban Institutional Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes

    Headline from Kiplinger ·

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Reports & sources

38 articles, oldest first.

  1. MyNorthwest

    Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses. It's part of his affordability plan (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he wants to block large institutional investors from buying houses, saying that a ban would

  2. CNN

    Trump threatens to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he intends to ban large institutional investors from buying additional single-family homes.

  3. New York Post

    Trump says he’s banning institutional investors from scooping up single-family homes (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    President Trump said Wednesday he will seek to ban "large institutional investors" from buying and then renting out single-family homes — addressing a longstanding affordability concern.

  4. Breitbart News

    Trump to Ban 'Large Institutional Investors' from Buying Up U.S. Homes (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    President Donald Trump is moving to ban "large institutional investors" from buying up United States homes meant for Americans.

  5. RedState

    Making Homeownership Great Again: Trump Has Bold Idea to Make American Dream Affordable (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    Trump proposes to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes to boost homeownership.

  6. ABC 12 Flint

    Trump threatens to ban institutional investors from buying homes (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    ABC 12 Flint's feed description

    President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he intends to ban large institutional investors from buying additional single-family homes.

  7. Insider

    Trump says he wants to limit institutional investors owning single-family homes (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he wants to ban "large institutional investors" from buying single-family homes in the US.

  8. Fortune

    Trump threatens to ban Wall Street from buying the house next door, saying 'American Dream is increasingly out of reach for far too many people' (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    Trump has not yet released draft legislation or an executive order, but officials and outside analysts say the administration is exploring several avenues.

  9. The Guardian

    Trump says administration will ban big investors from buying single-family homes (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Median sale price was at $410,800 last year, according to the Census Bureau, even as Trump campaigned on affordability

  10. FOX Business

    Trump announces plans to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    President Donald Trump announced he plans to sign an executive order to ban institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes in an effort to improve affordability.

  11. FOX Business

    Trump wants to 'ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes' (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    President Donald Trump announces plan to ban large institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes, citing affordability crisis.

  12. Forbes

    Trump Vows Ban On Large Institutional Investors Buying Single-Family Homes (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Trump said he would “immediately” take steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes.

  13. CBS News

    Trump says he will seek to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    President Trump said "people live in homes, not corporations," in announcing plans to bar big investors from home purchases.

  14. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Trump: Wall Street investors to be banned from buying single-family homes | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    President Donald Trump today said ​his administration is ‌moving to ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family ‌homes in a bid to reduce home prices, a potential blow for private-equity landlords.

  15. WMUR

    Trump says he will ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    President Donald Trump said that he intends to ban large institutional investors from buying additional single-family homes

  16. The Boston Globe

    Trump says he wants to ban large investors from buying houses, part of his affordability plan (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    President Trump is tapping into long-standing fears that corporate ownership of homes has pushed out traditional buyers, forcing more people to rent.

  17. Investopedia

    Trump's Next Reform: Who Gets to Own America’s Homes (opens Investopedia)

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    Investopedia's feed description

    President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he would ban large investors from making home purchases, part of his plan to make "aggressive" reforms to a housing market that has remained unaffordable for many buyers.

  18. Newsweek

    What Donald Trump’s ban on investors buying homes means for housing market (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Trump’s threat to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes in the U.S. has sparked backlash among industry insiders.

  19. Legal Insurrection

    Trump Seeks to Ban Large Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    Legal Insurrection's feed description

    California, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, and North Carolina have already proposed laws that would either stop or restrict large investors from buying these homes.

  20. FOX 13 Tampa

    Trump calls for ban on Wall Street buying single-family homes, citing affordability concerns (opens FOX 13 Tampa)

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    FOX 13 Tampa's feed description

    President Donald Trump said he wants to ban large, institutional investors from buying single-family homes, arguing corporations are pricing everyday buyers out of the housing market and forcing more families into renting.

  21. Insider

    Trump's move to ban big investors from buying houses won't lower home prices, industry watchers say (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Big investors own a small fraction of America's single-family homes. But they're big players in certain Sun Belt markets. Trump wants to ban them.

  22. Reason

    Trump's proposed ban on institutional investors owning single-family homes would make no one better off (opens Reason)

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    Reason's feed description

    Institutional investors own a tiny share of U.S. homes. Cracking down on them could reduce housing supply and drive up costs

  23. Insider

    Trump calls to ban Wall Street from buying homes, but industry insiders say the business model has already moved on (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Industry insiders say Trump's call to ban big investors is out of sync with how those players actually buy homes.

  24. Kiplinger

    Trump Signals Plan to Ban Institutional Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes (opens Kiplinger)

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    Kiplinger's feed description

    Trump says he plans to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Here’s what the data shows and what it could mean for housing

  25. Washington Examiner

    Trump's idea to bar institutional investors from homebuying faces skepticism (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Trump's move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes spurs doubts its effectiveness given the makeup of homeownership.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.