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Trump wants ban on large investor home purchases

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is moving to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, framing the proposal as a way to improve housing affordability. “I am immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes, and I will be calling on Congress to codify it. People live […]

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Why absorption rate matters more than market size for spotting housing pressure

Data reflects single-family home market conditions as of the Jan. 3, 2026 weekly snapshot, based on HousingWire proprietary data. Housing markets are often evaluated by size: total sales, total dollar volume, total listings. Those metrics describe where activity is concentrated. They do not reliably indicate where competition is intensifying, where pricing power is shifting, or

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Finance of America leads 2025 HMBS market with 30% share

Finance of America (FOA) maintained its position as the top issuer of Home Equity Conversion Mortgage-backed Securities (HMBS) in 2025, underscoring significant changes in the reverse mortgage securitization market over the past decade. FOA issued $1.87 billion in HMBS last year, capturing roughly 30% of total market share, according to league tables compiled by New

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