Weekly Roundup News

16Jan

Weekly Roundup News
Your weekly news & updates
Here is this week’s “Weekly Roundup” from Real Estate Investing Today, the news & views site from the National Real Estate Investors Association.
ADP National Employment Report – December 2025

According to the ADP National Employment Report for December, 2025, private sector employment decreased by 41k jobs and pay was up 4.4% year-over-year. Click here to read more.
December’s Unemployment Rate is 4.4%

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in December, 2025 and has shown little net change since April. Click here to read more.
Housing Starts & Building Permits See Drop in October

The U.S. government is reporting that privately‐owned housing starts in October, 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,246,000, which is 4.6% lower than September’s revised number and is 7.8% lower than one year ago. Click here to read more.

 
FHFA Says Home Prices Up 1.7% Year-Over-Year

According to the latest Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) House Price Index (HPI), home prices rose 0.4% in October, 2025. In addition, prices were up 1.7% from October 2024 to October 2025. Click here to read more.
Bridge the Gap: The Reg CF Revolution for Everyday Investors

On a recent episode of the Planet Wealth podcast, Mary Katherine Johnson, CXO of Planet Wealth, sits down with NREIA’s Rebecca McLean to unpack how the JOBS Act and Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) opened a new lane for everyday investors and community focused entrepreneurs to fund real estate; legally, transparently, and at scale. Click here to read more.

 
550 lb. Squatter Defies Attempts to Force Him from California Home
Apparently, the granddaddy of all squatters recently setup camp under a California home. The unauthorized resident in question was a 550-lb bear that eluded many weeks of failed attempts to be captured several weeks since late November. Click here to read more.
U.S. Cities with the Least Sustainable Credit Card Debt

Back in October we saw where 33% of Americans have more credit card debt than savings. A recent report from WalletHub says that, as of Q3 2025, Americans are carrying over $1.3 trillion in credit card debt – which they say is a staggering figure that continues to climb. Click here to read more.
Cotality Home Price Insights – January 2026

According to the latest Cotality Home Price Insights (HPI) report, price growth in November rose 1%, continuing its downward trend. Click here to read more.
Credit Card Delinquency Rates by State

Infographic: Today’s infographic from those wizards at the Visual Capitalist shows those states where Americans are falling behind on their credit card payments. Click here to read more.
The Winter issue of the RE Journal is here!

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