Donald Trump published a short entry on the Truth Social platform regarding the situation on the housing market in the US. As he wrote, for a long time “purchasing and owning your own home was considered the fulfillment of the American dream”, but now it is becoming more and more difficult to achieve.
The president noted that the reason for this state of affairs is record high inflation, which is “responsible for Joe Biden and the Democrats from Congress.”
Donald Trump wants changes in the real estate market
Trump announced that he would take “immediate steps” aimed at prohibiting large institutional investors from continuing to buy single-family homes. At the same time, he announced that he would call on Congress to introduce such a ban permanently. “People live in houses, not corporations,” he emphasized.
Trump did not present specific solutions that would enable the ban he described. However, later in the post, the President of the United States announced that he would discuss housing-related issues, including new proposals regarding affordability, in more detail in two weeks – during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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According to CNBC, in recent years large investment funds and other powerful financial players have been purchasing single-family houses for rent en masse. Many believe that such activity has reduced the availability of homes for private owners and contributed to higher prices on the housing market.
According to data from the National Association of Realtors, in the third quarter of 2025, the median price of single-family homes in the U.S. domestic market was $426,800. (approximately PLN 1.54 million). This was down from the summer record, when prices reached $435,300. (over PLN 1.57 million). Meanwhile, the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is currently 6.19%, according to Mortgage News Daily. – CNBC reports.
