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In this Real Estate News Brief for the week ending March 5th, 2022... you’ll hear about the Fed’s rate hike plan, new figures on record high home equity, and why there’s a land rush for autonomous trucks. Hi, I'm Kathy Fettke and this is Real Estate News for Investors. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review. Economic News We begin with economic news from this past week, and more aggressive talk about rate hikes to control inflation. Fed Chief Jerome Powell spoke before Congress and said he will support a quarter percent hike on the Federal Funds rate at the next policy meeting. He also anticipates that this will be one of a series of rate hikes this year, and that one or two of them would be more than a quarter point. (1) One big concern is the impact the war in Ukraine will have on prices. We’re already seeing higher gas prices than we’ve ever seen before. Realtor.com also reports that high heating bills are giving many homeowners sticker shock. A PG&E spokesperson said in a TV