Trump says he wants to drive housing prices up, not down

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Guno צְבִי

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Amid growing affordability concerns across the nation, President Donald Trump said he is looking to drive housing prices further up, not down.

Trump said at a Jan. 29 Cabinet meeting he wants to make it easier for Americans to buy homes ‒ but not by making housing less expensive. Instead, he suggested lower interest rates he expects from his upcoming pick to lead the Federal Reserve will allow more Americans to buy homes even as housing prices rise.

"I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes," Trump said. "And they can be assured that's what's going to happen."

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President Trump says he wants to drive housing prices up, not down

Amid growing affordability concerns across the nation, President Trump said he is looking to drive housing prices further up, not down.
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Guno צְבִי said:
Amid growing affordability concerns across the nation, President Donald Trump said he is looking to drive housing prices further up, not down.

Trump said at a Jan. 29 Cabinet meeting he wants to make it easier for Americans to buy homes ‒ but not by making housing less expensive. Instead, he suggested lower interest rates he expects from his upcoming pick to lead the Federal Reserve will allow more Americans to buy homes even as housing prices rise.

"I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes," Trump said. "And they can be assured that's what's going to happen."

news.yahoo.com

President Trump says he wants to drive housing prices up, not down

Amid growing affordability concerns across the nation, President Trump said he is looking to drive housing prices further up, not down.
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Beat you by two minutes
 
Did Trump say, "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes," Trump said. "And they can be assured that's what's going to happen."

Yes. Multiple reputable news sources report that President Donald Trump said exactly this during a Cabinet meeting on January 29, 2026.

What He Said​

According to USA TODAY’s reporting on the meeting, Trump stated:

“I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes… And they can be assured that's what's going to happen.” Yahoo News Channel
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This quote appears verbatim in several independent news outlets covering the same event, confirming its accuracy. If you want, I can also break down the broader policy context behind his statement.

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Guno צְבִי said:
Amid growing affordability concerns across the nation, President Donald Trump said he is looking to drive housing prices further up, not down.

Trump said at a Jan. 29 Cabinet meeting he wants to make it easier for Americans to buy homes ‒ but not by making housing less expensive. Instead, he suggested lower interest rates he expects from his upcoming pick to lead the Federal Reserve will allow more Americans to buy homes even as housing prices rise.

"I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people that own their homes," Trump said. "And they can be assured that's what's going to happen."

news.yahoo.com

President Trump says he wants to drive housing prices up, not down

Amid growing affordability concerns across the nation, President Trump said he is looking to drive housing prices further up, not down.
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Or, more realistically, what he's saying is this:

If we drive the price of homes down, those with homes lose money on their investment, possibly can't sell their house because their mortgage amount is now greater than the value of their home. What we should do is lower interest rates on mortgages so people can afford to buy a home even as the price of one stays the same or rises.

Idiots, like you, don't understand economics.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Or, more realistically, what he's saying is this:

If we drive the price of homes down, those with homes lose money on their investment, possibly can't sell their house because their mortgage amount is now greater than the value of their home. What we should do is lower interest rates on mortgages so people can afford to buy a home even as the price of one stays the same or rises.
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That is an AWESOME idea, boss. Additionally, why don't we sell some sub-prime mortgages? Remember how well that worked out at the end of Bush's administration in 2008?
T. A. Gardner said:
Idiots, like you, don't understand economics.
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LOL. Yeah. So, Terry. The reason you suck so much is that you either lie and pretend you know something or do something like this and take America into another 2008 world financial disaster.

Please kill yourself soon, you're actually emblematic of the problem we're having now - from trump on down to bitches like you who behave like a bunch of manic Archie Bunkers.

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LurchAddams said:
That is an AWESOME idea, boss. Additionally, why don't we sell some sub-prime mortgages? Remember how well that worked out at the end of Bush's administration in 2008?

LOL. Yeah. So, Terry. The reason you suck so much is that you either lie and pretend you know something or do something like this and take America into another 2008 world financial disaster.

Please kill yourself soon, you're actually emblematic of the problem we're having now - from trump on down to bitches like you who behave like a bunch of manic Archie Bunkers.

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Are you taking Finger Boy lessons from Diesel?
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Or, more realistically, what he's saying is this:

If we drive the price of homes down, those with homes lose money on their investment, possibly can't sell their house because their mortgage amount is now greater than the value of their home. What we should do is lower interest rates on mortgages so people can afford to buy a home even as the price of one stays the same or rises.

Idiots, like you, don't understand economics.
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Housing costs are a bubble.....the sooner bubbles are popped the better.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Are you taking Finger Boy lessons from Diesel?
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You know, if I was gay, I think Deez would be a lot of fun. He's thoughtful, he cares about others and he doesn't stand for the Nazi-adjacent "utopia" you seem to pine for.

Do, it, bitch. You're worse than useless. You're ignorant.

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Hawkeye10 said:
Housing costs are a bubble.....the sooner bubbles are popped the better.
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Actually, the biggest single line item in new home construction is government regulation. It now comprises an average of 23.8% of a home's cost. In 2021, this averaged $93, 870.


www.mpamag.com

New homes costing more due to regulations - builders

Homebuilder association push back on federal rules that add to construction costs and delay projects
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Building "cracker box houses" like were common in the 50's simply cannot be done anymore due entirely to government regulation.

The sooner we reduce and rationalize regulation, the sooner new home prices will come down.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Actually, the biggest single line item in new home construction is government regulation. It now comprises an average of 23.8% of a home's cost. In 2021, this averaged $93, 870.


www.mpamag.com

New homes costing more due to regulations - builders

Homebuilder association push back on federal rules that add to construction costs and delay projects
www.mpamag.com www.mpamag.com

Building "cracker box houses" like were common in the 50's simply cannot be done anymore due entirely to government regulation.

The sooner we reduce and rationalize regulation, the sooner new home prices will come down.
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Fees and regulations...but safety matters and local government and infrastructure must be funded.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Or, more realistically, what he's saying is this:

If we drive the price of homes down, those with homes lose money on their investment, possibly can't sell their house because their mortgage amount is now greater than the value of their home. What we should do is lower interest rates on mortgages so people can afford to buy a home even as the price of one stays the same or rises.

Idiots, like you, don't understand economics.
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T. A. does not get the growth capacity for money in real estate.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Fees and regulations...but safety matters and local government and infrastructure must be funded.
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Safety? That's done to overkill. Then there's the greentard angle. In California every, all, new home construction is required to have solar panels and power installed. That adds somewhere between $6,000 and $15,000 to the cost of a home for the builder and somewhere between double and triple that to the buyer.

It's each little thing that bureaucrats add, often saying, It only adds two-hundred-dollars to the cost of a home... and the like to try and justify the new regulation. Well, those two-hundred-dollar costs start to add up when it's the one hundredth or two hundredth time some regulation gets added.

To upgrade an electrical service panel on a house will cost about $200 in permit fees. The city's part in that is a single inspection following completion of the work that usually lasts all of maybe five minutes. I do those enough to know. Hell, the last one I did the inspector did it on the phone from his kitchen while he drank coffee. I showed him the work via the phone camera. Was that worth $200?
 
Jake Starkey said:
T. A. does not get the growth capacity for money in real estate.
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I get it, but it's new buyers into the market that can't gain entry. This is common to many sectors of business too. Those in a business sector wish to limit competition. So, they get government to put in licensing requirements, bonding requirements, etc., etc., etc. The cost of getting into that field is now raised to a point where someone starting out has to either be rich to begin with or is willing to take out huge loans to cover the costs of startup.

The same is true of real estate and home buying. Raw land can still be gotten relatively cheap a lot of places. But that doesn't equate into buying and selling homes.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Or, more realistically, what he's saying is this:

If we drive the price of homes down, those with homes lose money on their investment, possibly can't sell their house because their mortgage amount is now greater than the value of their home. What we should do is lower interest rates on mortgages so people can afford to buy a home even as the price of one stays the same or rises.

Idiots, like you, don't understand economics.
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You don't really expect leftist idiots to understand supply and demand do you? They all got little woodies when they thought trump wants house prices to go up.
 
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