58% Favor Banning Wall Street From Buying Homes; Just 18% Want Feds To Make That Call

Publication Date: 02/18/2026 11:40 AM CST

58% Favor Banning Wall Street From Buying Homes; Just 18% Want Feds To Make That Call

Publication: 02/18/2026 11:40 AM CST

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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.
- However, just 18% say the Federal government should make this decision. Another 19% say the state governments.
- A comfortable plurality (46%) say the decision should be made at the level of local government or below.
- Almost 1 in 5 (17%) are Not Sure about who should allow Wall Street investors to buy single-family homes.

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.