The Fed can’t cut when prices keep rising. But high inflation has its own way of pushing property values up. Either way, the case for real assets holds. The April CPI came in at 3.8% year-over-year, and markets noticed. Bond investors expects higher inflation. That’s the market saying it doesn’t believe inflation is going quietly....
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Somewhere in Dallas right now, there are nearly 1,000 multifamily properties where 100% of net operating income goes straight to debt service. Not profit. Not reserves. Not investor distributions. \Just keeping the loan alive. And in most cases, the property itself is fine. Occupancy is stable. Rents are being collected. The operator is doing...
What the Jobs Report Doesn’t Tell You
May 13, 20260
The Labor Department reported 115,000 jobs added in April. Markets liked it. But talk to anyone actually looking for work and they’ll tell you nobody’s hiring. So which is it? Here’s what most people don’t know about how these numbers get made. The BLS releases an initial number on the first Friday of the following...
