Perhaps the only thing more persistent than the inability of President Trump’s childhood home to sell is the resolve of its current owners to unload it. Following a failed attempt earlier this year that would have seen the Queens property take in $2.9 million, the house will go to the auction block with an as-of-yet undisclosed minimum asking price. It was last up for auction in December 2016 shortly after Trump was elected and has changed hands twice since then.After the 2016 auction, a divorcing couple sold the 2,300-square-foot Jamaica Estates home for $1.39 million to an investor. This savvy figure then flipped it in just two weeks before selling it for $2.14 million to the current owner, a law firm that specializes in Chinese foreign investment according to the New York Times. Their ambitious asking price of $2.9 million was markedly higher than others in the neighborhood, which generally list for around $1 million less—an inflation justified in the eyes of the owners by its ties to the man in the oval office.Indeed, the quaint, Tudor-style home is quite humbler in size and design than the real estate Trump is known to occupy. The five-bedroom charmer, sitting on a sleepy, tree-lined residential street, might just be the most unassuming piece of Trump’s history.Paramount Realty USA is holding the auction, which will take place on November 14.
