Trump's childhood home sold - again

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Jan 24, 2017

Trump's childhood home sold - again

The home occupied by US president Donald Trump until he was four years old has been sold for the second time in two months, as a New York investor attempts to cash in on the property's new historic status.

The Queens home Donald Trump occupied until he was four years old.

A few days before his inauguration, Donald Trump's childhood home sold at auction - for the second time in only a couple of months.

Information about the sale price is expected to be made public in several weeks, and will mark the end of a period of intense speculator and media interest in the Tudor-style Queens home.

In December last year, the home's then owners decided to put the property on the market. At the time, Trump was trending poorly in polls. But as sentiment turned towards a Trump win, interest in the house picked up.

New York real-estate investor Michael Davis bought the house in December for $1.39 million, or slightly higher than the asking price. Davis put the property back on the market immediately through a remote auction with Paramount, hoping to cash in on the property's new historic status.

Time will tell if he was right.