Real estate experts are keeping an eye on the local market after President Donald Trump said he would ban corporate investors who buy up single-family homes. According to the director of the Lied Center for Real Estate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Shawn McCoy, out-of-state investors buying up homes in Las Vegas happens more than in other states.

Horsford cited a 2023 study by UNLV’s Lied Center for Real Estate, which found that about 15% of all homes in the Las Vegas valley were owned by out-of-state corporate investors, including 25% of all homes in North Las Vegas.

President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the country’s residential real estate industry Wednesday with a social media post calling for a ban on large institutional investors purchasing homes and for Congress to codify the issue.

Local real estate experts say the Southern Nevada housing market numbers from 2025 are no cause for concern because the higher-end market has remained strong with sales. However, buyers targeting the median home price point in Southern Nevada are being cautious for several reasons, according to industry professionals.

Nevada’s affordable housing crisis reportedly has put the state more than 70,000 housing units short of demand. A recent special session bill narrowly fell short of addressing a corporate homeownership issue experts say has exacerbated the decades-long issue.

Las Vegas is facing a housing reality many families here are feeling firsthand. A new report from UNLV's Lied Center for Real Estate that shows investors have bought up nearly 100,000 single-family homes across the valley — about one in every five homes sold over the past 15 years.