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Friday, Jan. 30, 2026

Are one-quarter of homes in the Las Vegas metro area investor-owned?

Kate Reynolds, The Nevada Independent
yes

As of October 2025, corporate investors own approximately one-quarter of the homes in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, according to real estate data company BatchData.

Las Vegas ranks second nationwide for its share of investor-owned homes. Reno is also in the top 10.

In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to stop corporate investors from buying up single-family homes. He criticized them for “crowding out families seeking to buy homes.”

BatchData describes this argument as a misconception, stating that investors tend not to compete against traditional homebuyers and generally purchase fewer than 11 properties.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, blocked attempts to cap corporate homeownership in 2023 and 2025. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers supported a bill limiting corporate home purchases to 1,000 units in total, but it died in the Legislature in November 2025.

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