
Big investors have been fleeing for-sale housing market, even before Trump ordered ban
CNBC
President Donald Trump wants to ban big investors from buying single-family rental homes, but investors have already been selling due to high home prices.
Legislation to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes to rent is making its way through Congress, but many of them are already selling thousands of homes — and have been for two years.
Research from housing data and analytics firm Parcl Labs shows that the largest investors are now net sellers of homes.
In every major metropolitan housing market, investors make up a larger share of for-sale listings than they do of the total housing stock. In some cities, like Dallas, Philadelphia and Houston, they are selling most aggressively. Dallas investors own 9.2% of the housing stock but account for 22.8% of new for-sale listings.













