⚡ The story in 20 seconds
- Donald Trump's childhood home at 85-15 Wareham Place in Jamaica Estates, Queens, sold for $1.93 million in September 2026.
- Developer Tommy Lin bought it in March 2025 for $835,000 and spent about $500,000 on an eight-month gut renovation.
- The buyer is anonymous and, according to their agent, plans to live there long-term.
Some houses have history. This one has a plot. The brick-and-stucco Tudor that Fred Trump built in 1940 — the home listed on his son's birth certificate — has just changed hands again, this time for $1.93 million. That's more than double what it fetched only a year and a half earlier, when it had no running water, no electricity, and a colony of feral cats living where the future president took his first steps.
What Sold, and Who Bought It
The house is a two-story Tudor on a leafy street in Jamaica Estates, an affluent corner of eastern Queens that Trump's father helped build. It has five bedrooms, three full bathrooms and two half-baths. The Trump family lived here from Donald's birth in 1946 until about 1950, when they moved to a much bigger house around the corner on Midland Parkway.
The buyer signed a contract in July 2026, and the deal closed on September 10 for $1.93 million — about $70,000 under the final asking price of $1,999,999. The buyer's name has not been made public. Their agent, Gerald Magny of RE/MAX Edge, told reporters the new owner plans to live in the home long-term and wants to stay anonymous. He also said he didn't think politics drove the purchase.
"They loved the work that was put into the home."
Gerald Magny, the buyer's agentFrom Cat Den to Chef's Kitchen
By the time Tommy Lin found it, the house had been empty for years. A burst pipe had flooded it, mold had spread through the walls, the roof leaked, the yard was overgrown, and stray cats had moved in. Lin, a Brooklyn developer who usually works on condos, bought it off-market at a steep discount. He has said openly that he would normally find a house this size too small to bother with — he did it because it was Trump's.
🐈 Before — early 2025
- No running water or electricity
- Water damage and mold from a burst pipe
- Leaking roof, overgrown yard
- A colony of feral cats
- Sold for $835,000
✨ After — late 2025
- Chef's kitchen
- Herringbone wood floors
- Spa-style bathrooms
- Original Tudor facade kept, plus the sunroom and its old wood-burning stove
- Sold for $1.93 million
18 Years of Price Swings, in One Chart
This house's price has moved almost in step with Trump's political career. It jumped after his 2016 win, stalled at wildly ambitious asking prices, crashed while it sat rotting — and bounced back once it was rebuilt. Solid bars are actual sales; striped bars are asking prices that never sold.
Figures from public reporting (CBS News/AP, Fortune, NPR, 6sqft, Khaleej Times/NYT). Bars scaled to the $3M peak asking price.
Did the Flip Actually Pay Off?
On paper, yes. Here's the rough math using the reported numbers — before broker fees, taxes and loan costs, which haven't been disclosed:
This is our own back-of-envelope estimate, not a reported profit figure. Real-world costs like commissions, transfer taxes and financing would bring the final number down. Records reviewed by 6sqft show the purchase was financed through short-term fix-and-flip loans.
The Weirdest Chapters in This House's Story
Timeline: 86 Years on Wareham Place
Frequently Asked Questions
How much did Trump's childhood home sell for?
It sold for $1.93 million in September 2026, after being listed at $1,999,999.
Where is Donald Trump's childhood home?
At 85-15 Wareham Place in Jamaica Estates, a neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City.
Who bought Trump's childhood home?
The buyer has not been named. Their agent says they want to remain anonymous and plan to live in the house long-term.
Does the Trump family still own the house?
No. The family left around 1950 and hasn't owned it for decades. It has changed hands several times since.
How long did Trump live in the house?
About four years — from his birth in 1946 until roughly 1950.
The Bottom Line
The Trump name added a premium to this house — but not the $3 million sellers once dreamed of. What finally sold it was a proper renovation. A developer bought a wreck for $835,000, spent half a million fixing it, and walked away with a nearly $2 million sale to someone who, for once, just wants to live there.
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