Wealthy Families Are Setting Up Home Bases in America’s Priciest College Towns

The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 1, 2026-Jessica Flint

In America’s higher-education corridors, the campus boundary line doubles as a lucrative real-estate border. From New York City to Los Angeles, wealthy parents have long helped drive college-adjacent market demand by purchasing residences for student children. Now these purchases are shifting from pure investment to secondary family home bases, real-estate agents say.

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