Trump Says He’ll Ban Big Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes

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🗓️ 7 January 2026

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P.M. Edition for Jan. 7. In an effort to address the U.S. housing crisis, President Trump says he’s seeking to ban Wall Street firms and other institutional investors from buying single-family homes. Plus, the U.S. tightens its grip on Venezuela’s oil industry, saying it will sell the country’s oil indefinitely and seizing two more tankers at sea. WSJ senior video correspondent Shelby Holliday discusses how the Trump administration is using oil to pressure Venezuela’s government. And JPMorgan Chase will take over the Apple credit-card program from Goldman Sachs. Alex Ossola hosts. RFK Jr.-Backed Dietary Guidelines Say to Avoid Processed Foods, Double Protein Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.3	among real estate professionals. The U.S. says it'll control Venezuelan oil sales indefinitely
0:37.1	and seizes two more oil tankers at sea. So the U.S. says it'll control Venezuelan oil sales indefinitely and seizes two more oil tankers at sea.
0:40.3	So the U.S. isn't just going after Venezuelan oil. It's going after all of those countries that rely on this dark fleet to carry its sanctioned oil.
0:48.2	Plus, why President Trump wants to ban institutional investors from buying homes. And new dietary guidelines say you should probably
0:55.9	be eating more protein. It's Wednesday, January 7th. I'm Alex Oslo for the Wall Street Journal.
1:02.5	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
1:10.0	It's a full day of news from the Trump administration.
1:13.3	First up, we're reporting that the president says he'll be banning large investors from buying
1:17.5	single-family homes.
1:19.2	Wall Street firms and other institutional investors have bought up hundreds of thousands of homes
1:23.6	in the U.S. that they rent out.
1:25.5	That's a tiny slice of the overall housing market.
1:28.5	But some housing analysts say it leaves fewer homes for sale and drives up prices in some
1:33.5	neighborhoods, even as the country faces a lack of affordable housing. The president asked Congress
1:38.7	to codify a ban. It's not clear he could ban such sales himself without congressional approval.
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