Real Estate News Brief - U.S. Inflation Risk, Forbearance Extension, and Forecast on Homebuyer Demand

In this Real Estate News Brief for the week ending February 13th, 2021... new comments from the Fed Chief on the risk of inflation, a new extension for government forbearance programs, and a forecast on homebuyer demand.

We begin with economic news from the past week, and Fed Chief Jerome Powell's commentary about inflation. He spoke before the Economic club of New York saying he doesn't expect a big jump or a sustained increase in inflation right now. He says: "Inflation has been much lower and more stable over the past three decades than in earlier times. In the 1970's, when inflation would go up, it would stay up."

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