Tiny national housing footprints mask the severe local squeeze corporate capital exerts on starter homes.
While institutional operators own a negligible fraction of housing inventory nationwide, their hyper-concentration in specific Sunbelt ZIP codes and starter-home segments systematically crowds out local entry-level homebuyers.
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This quantifies how targeted corporate acquisition of lower-end properties directly crowds out traditional buyers, transforming potential owner-occupied units into rentals.
It outlines how the low overall national ownership share of corporate landlords obscures their heavy geographic concentration in specific local markets.
This captures the fundamental trade-off of corporate homebuying, which expands access for renters at the direct expense of aspiring local homebuyers.