The wilted U.S. housing market has pushed homes to bargain prices, Donald Trump told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday, saying banks saddled with housing assets are "dying" to sell them to willing consumers.
The real-estate mogul reiterated his recent call for buyers to use the downward price spiral in housing — a slide that has only recently begun to arrest itself — as an opportunity to buy.
"There are great opportunities in real estate, especially if you're somebody looking to buy a house and [prices are] going to start to go up," Trump said. "I always tell people, this is the time."