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The finance industry swooped in to desirable neighborhoods to buy up suddenly cheap housing stock and started collecting rent on those properties.
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
Investors began buying up houses in Miami-Dade County and across the country at bargain prices during the Great Recession in 2008.
—Catherine Odom
january 10, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
Trump accused industry behemoths of buying up properties and shutting average Americans out of the housing market.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2026
But in the last 37 years, that health care system has drastically grown as the county has bought up several struggling hospitals.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
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Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
Investors began buying up houses in Miami-Dade County and across the country at bargain prices during the Great Recession in 2008.
—Catherine Odom
january 10, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2026
Trump accused industry behemoths of buying up properties and shutting average Americans out of the housing market.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2026
But in the last 37 years, that health care system has drastically grown as the county has bought up several struggling hospitals.
—Grace Hase, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Buy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy%20up. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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