BlackRock Housing Myths

The cluster debates misconceptions about BlackRock buying up single-family homes and driving up housing prices, with frequent clarifications distinguishing it from Blackstone and explaining BlackRock's role as a massive asset manager holding stakes via index funds.

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Naijoko Dec 9, 2023 View on HN

Blackrock owns some part of everything

Julesman Jun 2, 2023 View on HN

Blackrock owns all those companies too. lol.

phdp Mar 22, 2023 View on HN

Blackrock is not buying individual houses. Are you confusing them with Blackstone, who did own a unit that bought and rented single family homes?

carom Jun 13, 2022 View on HN

Blackrock owns 60 billion dollars of real estate in a 36 trillion dollar market. They don't matter.

Melchizedek Sep 24, 2024 View on HN

Blackrock is on the board of both these entities.

vasilipupkin Nov 2, 2021 View on HN

Blackstone, Blackrock - just buy their stock then, they are publicly traded

c22 Dec 12, 2023 View on HN

You're probably thinking of Blackstone which spunoff from Blackrock in the 1980s.Further reading:https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/insights/buying-hous...https://www.blackstone

throwawaymanbot Oct 11, 2021 View on HN

Blackrock capital and their ilk. Thanks.

SilverBirch Aug 22, 2023 View on HN

Well sure, because they're an investment company. They manage people's money. A lot of people seem to talk about BlackRock as if they're investing their own money, which would be similar to pretending your bank owns all the money that you put in it. They have $10Tn under management, but they have a market cap of $100bn. So the vast majority of what they're doing is just brokering deals for their investors. The fact that Blackrock did this deal doesn't tell you anything a

adolph Dec 4, 2025 View on HN

Have you ever confused BlackRock with Blackstone? Despite their similar sounding names, these two financial powerhouses represent distinct approaches to investment management. https://www.investing.com/academy/trading/blackrock-vs-black... Major news organizations and sector researchers describe t