Trump Orders Emergency Price Relief for the US Housing Market

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A shortage of homes is the โ€˜number one driver of housing cost,โ€™ said a real estate expert.

President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling on authorities to ensure that U.S. citizens have access to cheaper housing.

โ€œMany Americans are unable to purchase homes due to historically high prices, in part due to regulatory requirements that alone account for 25 percent of the cost of constructing a new home,โ€ said the Jan. 20 order from Trump.

โ€œUnprecedented regulatory oppression from the Biden Administration is estimated to have imposed almost $50,000 in costs on the average American household, whereas my first-term agenda reduced regulatory costs by almost $11,000 per household.โ€

โ€œIt is critical to restore purchasing power to the American family and improve our quality of life,โ€ the order said while calling on the heads of all government agencies and executive departments to deliver โ€œemergency price reliefโ€ to citizens.

This includes pursuing actions to bring down the cost of housing and boosting the housing supply.

According to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), a median-priced, existing single-family home cost $410,900 as of November 2024, up from $357,100 in 2021. Mortgage payments as a share of income climbed from 16.9 percent to 25.2 percent.

Meanwhile, Freddie Mac estimates a shortage of 3.7 million units in the United States as of the third quarter of 2024. This was only a small dip from the 3.8 million shortage roughly four years back in the fourth quarter of 2020.

NAR Chief Advocacy Officer Shannon McGahn welcomed Trumpโ€™s executive order, calling supply shortage the โ€œnumber one driver of housing cost.โ€

Persistent high costs not only hurt the market but also push away first-time prospective buyers. In discussions with the Trump team, NAR members asked the administration to focus on affordability, property rights, and inventory, the group said.

โ€œThe presidentโ€™s executive order underscores the critical need for bold, coordinated action to lower housing costs and increase the availability of homes for families across this country,โ€ McGahn said.

Mortgage Rates, Federal Lands

In a Jan. 21 post, Redfin economist Chen Zhao said Trumpโ€™s first-day actions โ€œwill push mortgage rates down slightly.โ€

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