The Real Estate News Brief: August Reports on Inflation, Single/Multi-Family Rent Growth, $5.8 Million Fine for 2 Background Check Companies

In this Real Estate News Brief for the week ending September 16th, 2023... two more reports on inflation just ahead of this week’s Fed meeting, single-family versus multi-family rent growth, and why two background check companies were fined $5.8 million. We begin with economic news from this past week and another round of inflation reports for the month of August. The Consumer Price Index showed an increase in overall inflation but a drop in the core rate which eliminates pricing for energy and food. The overall CPI rose an unexpected .6%, mostly due to a surge in energy prices. That brought the yearly rate up from 3.2% to 3.7%. But when you strip the numbers down to the core rate, inflation was only up .2% and that small increase lowered the annual core rate from 4.7% to 4.3%... ...That’s it for today. You can read more about the stories in this episode by following links in the show notes at newsforinvestors.com. And please remember to subscribe to this podcast, and leave a review!   If you’d like to know more about how to buy rental real estate, make sure you are a RealWealth member. It’s free to join and will give you access to all our data on various rental markets along with hundreds of webinars, our experienced investment counselors, more than a dozen property teams, and lots of great ideas about how to get from point A to B in your wealth-building journey!   Thanks for listening! Kathy Fettke   Links:   Kathy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Kathy's audiobook on Audible: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible   1 - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cpi-shows-biggest-increase-in-inflation-in-14-months-efec35e1?mod=economy-politics   2 - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/14/ppi-inflation-report-august-2023-.html   3 - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/when-will-inflation-cool-to-the-feds-2-target-by-late-next-year-says-jp-morgan-strategist-bd6f1c25?mod=mw_quote_news   4 - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-4-week-average-of-jobless-claims-drops-to-lowest-level-in-seven-months-672e01a9?mod=economic-report   5 - https://www.freddiemac.com/pmms   6 - https://www.apartmentlist.com/research/rents-are-falling-slower-in-the-suburbs   7 - https://www.corelogic.com/intelligence/annual-rent-growth-slows-again-june/   8 - https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/09/ftc-says-truthfinder-instant-checkmate-deceived-users-about-background-report-accuracy-violated-fcra?   9 - https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/commercial/new-tool-helps-hosts-calculate-short-term-rental-profit