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A Wall Street Landlord Bought Your Neighbor’s House. It’s a Mixed Blessing.

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Institutional landlords are concentrating investment in 53 zip codes that offer the highest potential for quick returns. This is pushing up prices in neighborhoods and is likely to make it worse. The average home price is understated compared to rental income, the average home price in these zip codes where family homes make it profitable is $345,000 a fifth below national average, and rents only 3% below the median, presenting profit opportunity.

Home prices in these 53 zip codes went up 64%, compared to 48% nationally. Median rent went up 30% in these 53 zip codes compared to 23% nationally, Zillow shows.



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