58% Favor Banning Wall Street From Buying Homes

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• More than half (58%) of registered voters favor a proposal that would ban Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes.
  • Twenty-eight percent (28%) Strongly Favor the proposal.
  • Only 22% Oppose the proposal.
  • One in 5 (20%) are Not Sure.
  • Majorities of Republicans (64%) and Democrats (57%) favor a ban on Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes.
  • An overwhelming majority (80%) of voters in high-density areas favor such a ban as well as 74% of voters who talk politics every or nearly every day.
• Voters have mixed reactions regarding who should decide whether Wall Street investors should be allowed to buy single-family homes.
  • More than half (53%) agree that the government should be involved in the decision: 19% say the state governments, 18% say the federal government, and 16% say local governments should decide whether Wall Street investors should be allowed to buy single-family homes.
  • Just 16% say individual homeowners should decide.
  • Another 14% say the communities or neighborhoods should make the decision.
  • Almost 1 in 5 (17%) are Not Sure about who should allow Wall Street investors to buy single-family homes.
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This data is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen, February 17, 2026. RMG Research, Inc., conducted the field work for the survey. It has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.