#358 Are Institutional Investors Really Driving Up Home Prices?

Institutional investors are often blamed for America's housing affordability crisis, but are they really the problem? Ron Phillips breaks down recent claims about banning institutional investors from buying single-family homes and explains why the numbers don't support the narrative. He walks through actual ownership data, highlights why government regulation and inflation play a far bigger role in rising home prices, and challenges listeners to look past political talking points and into the real drivers behind housing supply, demand, and affordability.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE

• How much of the housing market do institutional investors actually own

• Why blaming large investors ignores the real affordability drivers

• The breakdown of owner-occupied, rental, and vacant housing in the U.S.

• Main factors that inflate construction costs

• Unintended consequences of government intervention in housing markets

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• Why It's Nearly Impossible to Build Affordable Housing in America with Brian Mertz

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