Invitation Homes Seeks $1 Billion to Cash In on Housing Slowdown

  • Rental company is on the hunt for a joint venture partner
  • Single-family rental landlord oversees more than 85,000 homes

Single family homes in a housing development in Aurora, Colorado. 

Photographer: Chet Strange/Bloomberg
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Invitation Homes Inc., the single-family rental giant born in the aftermath of the US foreclosure crisis, is seeking a joint venture partner to take advantage of the latest dislocation in home prices.

The landlord, which owns more than 85,000 homes, is working with Eastdil Secured to find a partner for a $1 billion joint venture, according to people familiar with the effort, who asked not to be named because the matter is private.