That Suburban Home Buyer Could Be a Foreign Government
Big foreign investment firms and government-run funds are joining with U.S. housing companies to buy or build single-family rental homes in America’s suburbs.
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If You Sell a House These Days, the Buyer Might Be a Pension Fund
Yield-chasing investors are snapping up single-family homes, competing with ordinary Americans and driving up prices.
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Pretty sure I heard that 1/5 homes sold in America in the last 18 months has been institutional investors wishing to rent them for income properties in funds. Almost every homebuyer on the planet can't compete against institutional money. This is a bigger deal than most people realize