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DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa s weekly jobless claims are not seeing a major change.
First time claims were up in the most recent week.
But ongoing claims, which closely align with the actual unemployment rate, were largely unchanged.
Iowa s overall monthly unemployment rate is seventh lowest in the nation - 3.8 percent.
By the numbers, first time weekly jobless claims jumped by 760, from 3,582 to 4,342, a spike of about 18 percent. First time claims were up 20 percent in the previous week.
First time claims can wobble by seemingly wide margins from week to week without greatly impacting overall longer range numbers.
Ongoing claims for the most recent week were actually down by a miniscule 48, from 26,173 to 26,125, a change to small to be measurable, following a 5 percent increase in the previous week.
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Novice investors warned on regional property value spike By Sarah Simpkins 26 May 2021
A buyer’s agent has told rookie investors to exercise caution around the property value boom across regional Australia, warning that some locations will not reap success for the long term.
Research released from CoreLogic last week showed that the value of properties in regional Australia has grown at double the pace of capital cities in the last 12 months.
The regional housing market surged by 13 per cent in the past year, in contrast to the capital city rate of 6.4 per cent.
However, Adviseable property buyer Kate Hill commented that the results may send the wrong message to first-time property investors, that every regional location is a guaranteed investment winner.