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Politics● LowOct 23 · Oct 23, 2026, 8:16 PM

Treasury moves to ease access to single-family home purchases ahead of midterms

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hill · North America

The Treasury Department on Thursday moved to implement tenets of a bipartisan housing law Congress passed over the summer, including a ban on institutional investors buying single-family homes. Under impending regulations from the department, a large institutional investor cannot buy a single-family home starting on Jan. 7, 2027, with certain exceptions. The department is codifying…

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