By Brad Beckett on January 27, 2026

Per a court order, the acting director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently requested $145 million from the Federal Reserve to fund the bureau’s second-quarter operations. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on January 26, 2026

Recently we posted United Van Lines and Atlas Van Lines migration and moving reports, both full of useful information about where people are moving to and from. Now it’s time for U-Haul’s annual report of their top U.S. metros & cities. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on January 19, 2026

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was up 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis in December 2025. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.7% before seasonal adjustment. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on January 16, 2026

Infographic: Today’s infographic from those wizards at the Visual Capitalist shows those states where Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on January 14, 2026

On a recent episode of the Planet Wealth podcast, Mary Katherine Johnson, CXO of Planet Wealth, sits down with NREIA’s Rebecca McLean to unpack how the JOBS Act and Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) opened a new lane for everyday investors and community focused entrepreneurs to fund real estate; legally, transparently, and at scale. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on January 9, 2026

Infographic: Now that the new year is here it’s time to see what it takes (took?) in income to in the top 1% in every state. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on January 8, 2026

The NY Post is reporting that a recent HUD audit found more than $5 billion in taxpayer funds went to “questionable” rental assistance recipients during the final year of the Biden administration – including around 30k deceased tenants and 1000’s of potential non-citizens. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on January 7, 2026

We love these migration reports….they reveal a lot of interesting data about where people are going to and coming from. This week we’re looking at Atlas Van Lines’ 2025 Migration Patterns Study. Click here to read more.

By Jane Garvey on January 7, 2026

Jane Garvey says we all have our routines disrupted from time to time in our lives. Sometimes this is a personal disruption coming from a life event like moving, marriage, a new child, an illness, a job loss, a family tragedy, where most everyone else’s routines stay the same…  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on January 6, 2026

A recent report from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS) explores the current state of corporate ownership of residential property across the U.S. Click here to read more.