"President Donald Trump put big investors who own single-family rental homes in the spotlight this week by announcing he wants to ban "large institutional investors" from buying more of this type of housing. Overall, major investors own only about 2 to 3% of the country's single-family rental housing stock, researchers have found. But they control a much larger share of the single-family rental industry in certain markets, particularly in the Sun Belt."
"A 2023 report by The Hamilton Project, which is part of the Brookings Institution, found that mega investors - defined as those who own more than 1,000 homes - owned nearly 10% of total rental units in the Atlanta metro area and 27% of all single-family home rentals. They owned 22% of the single-family rental stock in Jacksonville, and nearly 20% in Charlotte."
Major investors currently own roughly 2–3% of single-family rental homes nationwide, with ownership highly concentrated in Southern and Sun Belt metropolitan areas. Mega investors—those owning more than 1,000 homes—hold much larger shares in specific markets: nearly 10% of rental units and 27% of single-family rentals in Atlanta, 22% in Jacksonville, and about 20% in Charlotte. About 354,000 of 446,000 single-family homes owned by mega-investors are located in 20 markets, mainly in the Southeast and Southwest. Proposals to ban large institutional buyers aim to increase affordability, but experts warn that housing shortages are the primary driver of high prices.
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