Earlier this week, we considered the latest round of Federal interest rate hikes. Today, we are going to look at what these hikes are likely to mean for both residential and commercial property.
Forthcoming Foreclosures, Occupancy Verification Inspections, and Property Condition Reports
Topics: COVID-19, Occupancy Verification, Lending Institutions, Property Condition Report, Compliance for Finance
One Week In, How Has the Fed Interest Rate Hike Impacted Housing and Borrowing Markets?
We’re one week into the Federal Reserve’s latest interest hike, which sought to tamp down inflation and create immediate, but not shocking, economic shifts. Looking to suppress housing and labor cost increases, as well as the cost of goods and services, the Fed’s moves, as we described last week in this compliance blog, were the next step in its increasingly hawkish strategy.
Interest Rates Must Rise So Inflation Can Sink, Says the Fed of .5% Hike
As widely predicted by analysts and journalists, and as telegraphed by the Fed itself, the Federal Reserve announced last week that it is raising interest rates by .5%, the highest rate hike in the last 22 years.
Topics: Consumer Reporting, Lending Institutions, Compliance for Employers, Compliance for Finance
The Great Resignation has given rise to a laborers’ job market, which is great for working people who are finding more flexibility, autonomy, and satisfaction. But it is costly and frustrating for employers who need to fill empty positions and scale up new ones. Now the Fed is eyeing the labor market as a manageable front to fight the rising inflation currently plaguing the economy.
Topics: Finance, Labor, Lending Institutions, Compliance for Employers, Compliance for Finance, Compliance for Consumer Reporting
What Credit Resellers Need to Know about a Potential Housing Bubble
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, we may be in the midst of a housing bubble, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the early 2000s. Citing “abnormal US housing market behavior” driving housing prices “increasingly out of step with fundamentals,” the bank warned that corrective policies could shock the market and burst the bubble.
Topics: OnSite Inspections, COVID-19, Consumer Reporting, Lending Institutions, Virtual OnSite Inspections