Reading list

A collection of reporting and reference documents that can help provide context on single-family rental companies.

Journalism

With piles of cash, big investors become NC’s top rental-home landlords
Tyler Dukes, Payton Guion & Gordon Rago // The Charlotte Observer/The News & Observer // May 1, 2022

Why the Road Is Getting Even Rockier for First-Time Home Buyers
Sophie Kasakove // The New York Times // April 23, 2022

How Wall Street Bought Up American Homes
Alana Semuels // The Atlantic // Feb. 13, 2019

A $60 Billion Housing Grab by Wall Street
Francesca Mari // The New York Times Magazine // March 4, 2020

Homewreckers: How a Gang of Wall Street Kingpins, Hedge Fund Magnates, Crooked Banks, and Vulture Capitalists Suckered Millions Out of Their Homes and Demolished the American Dream
Aaron Glantz // HarperCollins Publishers // Oct. 27, 2020

Research & reports

Corporate Landlords, Institutional Investors, and Displacement: Eviction Rates in SingleFamily Rentals
Elora Raymond et al. // Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta // December 2016

Wall Street-backed landlords now own more than 11,000 single-family homes in Charlotte
Ely Portillo & Justin Lane // UNC Charlotte Urban Institute // June 9, 2021

U.S. Single-Family Rental: 2020 Institutional Activity Sandeep Bordia et al. // Amherst Residential // March 2021

The financialization of single-family rental housing: An examination of real estate investment trusts’ ownership of single-family houses in the Atlanta metropolitan area
Suzanne Lanyi Charles // Journal of Urban Affairs // Oct. 11, 2019

Wall Street landlords turn American Dream into American Nightmare
Maya Abood // ACCE Institute

Many Starter Homes Have Shifted from Owner-Occupancy to Rentals
Patrick Simmons // Fannie Mae // Oct. 18, 2016