By Brad Beckett on July 8, 2025
According to the ADP National Employment Report for June, 2025, private sector employment increased by 33k jobs and annual pay was up 4.4% year-over-year.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on July 8, 2025
Rental information site Zumper recently released their latest monthly National Rent Report for June, 2025. According to their data, median rent for 1-bedroom apartments was $1520 and $1,910 (up 0.2%) for two-bedrooms. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on July 7, 2025
The U.S. government is reporting that total construction spending in May, 2025 was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,138.2 billion, down 0.3% from April’s revised number.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on July 7, 2025
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 147k in June, 2025 with the unemployment rate dropping lightly to 4.1%.  Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on June 20, 2025
Infographic: Today’s graphic from the Realtors says 26% of homebuyers last year paid cash for their purchase. Next, they take it one step further by showing who exactly is carrying around all that cash. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on June 18, 2025
On a recent episode of the Real Wealth Show, Kathy Fettke talks with National REIA’s Rebecca McLean. They discuss generational investing trends, evolving wholesaling laws, property taxes and the biggest challenges investors face in 2025. From rising interest rates to regulatory shifts, this episode offers a national pulse on today’s real estate market. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on June 17, 2025
According to Cotality’s (formerly CoreLogic) latest Loan Performance Indicators report, the number of mortgages in some kind of delinquency (30 or more days past due, including foreclosures) remained at 2.8%, showing no year-over-year change. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on June 16, 2025

According to the latest Yardi Matrix Multifamily Report, multifamily rents posted gains in May, 2025 with the average U.S. advertised rent increasing $6 to $1,761. Click here to read more.

By Brad Beckett on June 13, 2025
Infographic: Today’s graphic from Statista takes a look at recent data from Gallup to illustrate the reasons people choose to rent, versus buying a home. Click here to read more.

By Jane Garvey on June 11, 2025

Jane Garvey says “Rents are Up”, “Rents are Down”, “Prices are Up”, “Prices are Down”, “Showings are Up”, “Showings are Down”… you can get whiplash just reading headlines these days. Most of these headlines are market specific, and they could be different if you just shift the time frame observed by a month. So, how are they relevant? Let’s take a deeper dive into this. Click here to read more.