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President Donald Trump set the real estate world scrambling early January when he declared war on large institutional investors in a policy statement, asking Congress to act on the issue.
President Donald Trump set the real estate world scrambling early January when he declared war on large institutional investors in a policy statement, asking Congress to act on the issue.
Some real estate experts aren’t totally sold on President Donald Trump’s latest proposed policies on residential real estate leading to relief for the Las Vegas Valley housing crisis. Trump’s other policy statement was to direct Congress to act on banning large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes. Investors, Wall Street backed-hedged funds and corporate owners have long played a significant role in Las Vegas’ housing market as a recent report from ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’s Lied Center for Real Estate — which pulled its data from Redfin — estimates investors have purchased more than 99,000 homes since the start of the Great Recession.
A new report says investors own 24.84% of Nevada’s single-family homes, equating to about 303,000 properties. That’s 6% higher than the national average and the seventh highest share in the nation behind Wyoming (30.9%), Maine (29.76%), Montana (26.78%), Alaska (26.65%), Hawaii (25.96%), and New Hampshire (25.04%).
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Las Vegas is experiencing a continued decline in visitor numbers, impacting the hospitality sector, which employs one in four workers in Southern Nevada.
Real estate experts are keeping an eye on the local market after President Donald Trump said he would ban corporate investors who buy up single-family homes. According to the director of the Lied Center for Real Estate at the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý, Shawn McCoy, out-of-state investors buying up homes in Las Vegas happens more than in other states.
Horsford cited a 2023 study by ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’s Lied Center for Real Estate, which found that about 15% of all homes in the Las Vegas valley were owned by out-of-state corporate investors, including 25% of all homes in North Las Vegas.
President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the country’s residential real estate industry Wednesday with a social media post calling for a ban on large institutional investors purchasing homes and for Congress to codify the issue.
Local real estate experts say the Southern Nevada housing market numbers from 2025 are no cause for concern because the higher-end market has remained strong with sales. However, buyers targeting the median home price point in Southern Nevada are being cautious for several reasons, according to industry professionals.
Las Vegas was shedding jobs toward the end of 2025 amid a prolonged tourism slump in America’s casino capital, a new report shows. Overall, Southern Nevada business leaders’ confidence fell in the fourth quarter of last year to the lowest level since the Great Recession, amid weak tourism and economic uncertainty, according to ÐÔÊӽ紫ý’s Center for Business and Economic Research.