When
it
comes
to
housing,
real
estate
and
mortgage
industry
professionals
in
the
HousingWire
Pulse
Q4
2024
survey
chose
President
Donald
Trump’s
housing
policies
over
Vice
President

Kamala
Harris’s.

Broken
down
by
real
estate
brokers,
real
estate
agents
and
mortgage
professionals,
some
51%
of
brokers
chose
Trump,
with
45%
of
agents
and
41%
of
lenders
doing
the
same.

Harris
received
support
from
26%
of
brokers,
30%
of
agents
and
31%
of
lenders.
However,
almost
as
many
—
23%
of
real
estate
brokers,
27%
of
real
estate
agents
and
20%
of
mortgage
professionals
—
didn’t
think
either
candidate’s
policies
would
be
effective.

The
Harris
campaign
is
focused
on
downpayment
help
for
first-time
homebuyers
and
a
child
tax
credit.
According
to
an
article
by

HousingWire
Reporter
Chris
Clow,
Harris
said,
“My
proposal
includes
what
would
be
a
tax
credit
of

$25,000
for
first-time
homebuyers
so
they
can
just
have
enough
to
put
a
down
payment
on
a
home,
which
is
part
of
the
American
dream
and
their
aspiration,
but
do
it
in
a
way
that
allows
them
to
actually
get
on
the
path
to
achieving
that
goal
and
that
dream.”

The
Trump
campaign
does
not
have
a
specific
housing
policy
strategy
listed
on
the
website,
but
the
former
president
made
it
clear
that
his
economic
policies
will
have
a
direct
effect
on
housing
prices
and
new
homes.

In
an

article
from
HousingWire’s
Managing
Editor
James
Kleiman,
Mark
Calabria,
former
head
of
the

Federal
Housing
Finance
Agency,
noted
that
Trump
would
likely
look
at streamlining
regulatory
authority and
doing
some
reforms
around
housing
permits
and
land
use
to
bring
down
the cost
of
housing.
Calabria
also
mentioned
that
he
believes
that
Trump
will
focus
on
individual
taxes,
like
the
mortgage
interest
deduction
and
SALT
(state
and
local
taxes).

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