New Tariffs Aimed Directly at Real Estate Investors (Who They’ll Affect)

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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What are the repercussions of October 1st on the housing market? Dive into the recent shifts that may impact real estate investing and the broader housing market landscape. With the imposition of new tariffs on construction materials, stirring concerns about rising costs, alongside a federal government shutdown complicating the economic outlook, how will these factors play out in the current market scene? Explore the nuances of how these events intersect with flood insurance policy lapses and the phasing out of COVID-era FHA loan modifications. Each of these elements could influence mortgage rates and housing affordability, shaping investor strategies moving forward. Links from the Show Join the Future of Real Estate Investing with Fundrise Join BiggerPockets for FREE Find an Investor-Friendly Agent in Your Area Find Investor-Friendly Lenders Property Manager Finder Dave's BiggerPockets Profile Henry's BiggerPockets Profile Check out more resources from this show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BiggerPockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/on-the-market-362⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in learning more about today’s sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertise@biggerpockets.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	October 1st was a very interesting and somewhat pivotal day for the housing market.
0:06.0	We had all sorts of policies and news converging on that day, everything from a government shutdown to changes and Fetty and Franny loans,
0:14.0	changes to the student loan repayments, how FEMA is dealing with flood insurance, we have new tariffs that are going to be impacting the
0:21.7	housing market. So a lot happened last Wednesday, and this is important stuff that everyone needs to
0:26.1	know. So today, we're breaking it down.
0:32.9	Hey, everyone, welcome to On the Market. I'm here, just me and Henry Washington today. What's up, bud? What's up, buddy? Glad to be here. I'm here just me and henry washington today what's up
0:38.4	bud what's up buddy glad to be here i'm also glad to be here it's very it's very unfortunate
0:44.1	that kathy and james just completely abandoned us they just left us high and dry and uh you know
0:52.3	but we're going to pull it together we're going to pull it together. We're going to pull it together.
0:54.3	It's pretty rude because the reason that they're not here is because Henry and I are playing golf tomorrow during our normally scheduled time to go to record this.
1:05.5	And we're like, yeah, if you guys can't adapt to our schedule, we're definitely still playing golf.
1:10.1	So Henry and I will just do
1:11.3	the podcast ourselves. So that's the real story of what's going on. Henry and I are on a vision
1:17.4	quest in Las Vegas right now for eight days before BPCon, just having a lot of fun. So hopefully
1:24.9	we're going to see a lot of you there. This air is, I think,
1:28.0	while BPCon will be going on. So hopefully we'll be seeing you today among the many thousands of
1:34.1	people who will be here in Vegas talking about real estate. Come say hello and ask us who won our golf
1:40.2	head-to-head tournament. What is going to be, what are the rules? Are we just playing straight up,
1:45.0	you against me? I think we're playing, uh, I don't know if we want to play match play or if you
1:50.3	want to play just straight score, but we definitely need to implement our gimmee putt rule. Okay, so yeah,
1:58.2	I saw this game I was proposing to Henry where if you know anything about
2:01.6	golf, you get the distance of your putter. Like if your ball's that close to the hole, it's just,
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