Real Estate News | Real Estate Investing | Stock Market Investing | Passive Income | Flipping | 1031 Exchange | Private Lendi

In this Real Estate News Brief for the week ending May 15th, 2021... a surprise jump in consumer prices, a looser lending environment, and how government regulations impact home prices. Economic News We begin with economic news from this past week that includes a few good reports on the job market. Unemployment claims fell again, to a new pandemic low. Initial state claims are now down to 473,000. That’s the fifth week in a row they have dropped, and reflects a huge hiring effort by U.S. companies as the economy continues to recover. The March report on job openings shows 8.1 million unfilled positions. That’s up from 7.5 million in February. They had dipped to as low as 4.6 million soon after the start of the pandemic. But the problem now is finding enough qualified employees to fill all those jobs. Some people blame generous unemployment benefits, while others argue that many parents have kids at home and no childcare, or that COVID-19 may still be a threat for some people, especially those who are not vacc