FTC Probes Giant Landlords Owning 1,000+ Single-Family Homes for Market Secrets
Published Date: 1/24/2025
Notice
Summary
The FTC wants to hear from giant landlords who own over 1,000 single-family rental homes. They’re planning to collect info about these companies’ properties, business plans, and prices to better understand the market. If you’re involved or interested, get your comments in by March 25, 2025—this could impact how these mega landlords operate and share info in the future.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Large Landlords Face Big Data Burden
The FTC plans to send information requests to mega single-family rental (SFR) investors—entities that own 1,000 or more SFR properties—expected to be about 32 respondents. Each respondent may need to spend roughly 150 to 600 hours collecting and producing records, with estimated labor costs per firm of $21,274 to $85,094 and an aggregate cost across respondents of $680,753 to $2,723,013.
Property-Owner Lists Will Be Published
The FTC plans to publish comprehensive property lists that match individual single-family rental properties to their affiliated owner entities on a current and historical basis to the maximum extent possible. The Commission invites comments on the benefits and risks of making these property lists publicly available, including privacy considerations.
Study Will Inform Effects On Prices and Rents
The FTC says the information it collects will help it understand how mega SFR investors have affected house prices and rents and may inform future Commission priorities; the study would request data covering properties owned as of 12/31/2024 and dispositions from 01/01/2010 through 12/31/2024. The Commission may also publish non‑public data analyses or research papers based on responses.
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