South Dakota Coalition Fails to Get Ballot Measure on Contentious Property Tax Law

by Phil Hall | Jun 29, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A coalition of South Dakota groups seeking to create a ballot referendum on a contentious new property tax relief law has failed to gather enough signatures to put the measure up for a public vote. SDPB reports South Dakotans for Fair Taxes tried to get public input...

Nashville Mayor Plans Eminent Domain Strategy to Halt Development of Data Center

by Phil Hall | Jun 29, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is planning to file eminent domain legislation that will take ownership of a property near the Nashville Zoo that is the site of a proposed data center. Axios reports the property is owned by the development firm MarketStreet...

Report: Carlisle Made Unsolicited Acquisition Offers for Owens Corning

by Phil Hall | Jun 29, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Scottsdale, Arizona-based building products manufacturer Carlisle Companies Inc. (NYS: CSL) has made multiple unsolicited offers to acquire roofing products provider Owens Corning (NYSE: OC), according to a Wall Street Journal report sourced from unnamed “people...

Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Effort to Fire Fed Gov. Lisa Cook

by Phil Hall | Jun 29, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

President Trump’s attempt to fire Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook over allegations that she committed mortgage fraud was rejected by the US Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion for the majority, which included the court’s three...

Report: 19% of House Hunters Looking to Relocate Elsewhere in the Country

by Phil Hall | Jun 29, 2026 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Roughly one in five (19.1%) prospective homebuyers looked to move from one part of the country to another during the first quarter, according to a new data report from Redfin. That share is up slightly from the 18.9% level recorded one year earlier and marked the...