After a few months on the market, and several years of changing hands, a childhood home of Donald Trump's has a new buyer.
Per the Associated Press, the current president's former home, a Tudor-style mansion in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens, has been sold for just under $2 million ($1.93 million, to be precise).
© Getty ImagesDonald Trump's childhood living situation
The home was built by Trump's father, property developer Fred Trump, in 1940. It was where the family resided when he was born, although he only lived there until he was about four years old.
The family then moved to another mansion in the same Jamaica Estates neighborhood, a lavish 23-room home that lived up to the ideal that Fred aspired to. Much of the neighborhood, in fact, was built from the ground up by the property developer, just down the road from the 179th Street subway station.
In their new home, Trump was raised with his older siblings Maryanne, Fred Jr. and Elizabeth, and his younger brother Robert, who was two years old when the family moved to their second Jamaica Estates residence.
The complicated ownership of Trump's first home
After the family moved out of the residence, it changed hands several times, and was not owned by the Trumps for several years.
© Getty ImagesIn October 2016, when Trump was campaigning for the 2016 presidential election, the home was put on auction. It was eventually purchased for $1.4 million, although was sold once again just a few months later, when Trump became president, to a buyer named Trump Birth Home LLC for $2.1 million.
The home was renovated as a tourist attraction of sorts, featuring cardboard cutouts of the president and copies of his book. It then went neglected for several years, reportedly becoming a hotbed of mold infestation. It was finally purchased in March 2025 by Tommy Linn for $835k and given a full gut renovation. The identity of the latest buyer is unknown.
© Getty ImagesInside Trump's former childhood home
According to the estate's Zillow listing, the newly revamped five-bedroom three-bathroom home features a fully finished basement, herringbone hardwood floors, custom millwork, large windows filtering in natural light, a sunroom, modern appliances, and a private driveway with a garage. The estate also features central cooling and brick molding in the entry arch.
The actual home itself comes in at 2,131 square feet on a nearly 4,800 square foot lot. It was officially sold on September 11 for $1.93 million. The first listing for the home was actually placed at $2.3 million in November 2025, a whopping $1.5 million higher than it was originally purchased for, before the home was repeatedly taken off and re-listed at reduced rates.
© Getty ImagesThe pricing is in line with other homes in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood, which range in value from $1.4 to $2.4 million.
