The Real Estate News Brief: Fed's Favorite Inflation Gauge, Renters Struggling to Pay Rent, Finding Fixer Uppers

In this Real Estate News Brief for the week ending January 27th, 2024... you'll hear the latest good news on inflation, how many tenants are struggling to pay rent, and where you can still find fixer uppers worth fixing...

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Thanks for listening! Kathy Fettke Links: 1 - https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-s-p-500-futures-wilt-after-record-setting-run-as-pce-data-looms/card/core-pce-inflation-rises-at-slowest-rate-since-spring-2021-OORZcFtQ64lxnor9xLlG 2 - https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-s-p-500-futures-steady-before-gdp-report-after-again-hitting-record/card/u-s-economy-expands-at-strong-3-3-rate-in-fourth-quarter-gdp-shows-M0qw975OmGYM7uUxqjeP 3 - https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-s-p-500-futures-steady-before-gdp-report-after-again-hitting-record/card/u-s-initial-jobless-claims-up-25-000-to-214-000-in-latest-week-LFl2ywmQjVtZlkZUkqYv 4 - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-homes-sales-surge-8-in-december-6ad57a5a 5 - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pending-home-sales-post-biggest-jump-since-june-2020-as-mortgage-rates-fall-f087abf8?mod=economic-report 6 - https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms 7 - https://www.axios.com/2024/01/27/rent-unaffordable-housing-market-apartment-prices-cost 8 - https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/multifamily/office-to-apartment-conversion-pipeline-in-major-cities-quadruples-in-4-years-122497 9 - https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/where-does-it-make-most-sense-to-buy-a-fixer-upper