Iowa recorded 3,654 closed sales in May, a robust 17.3% surge from the 3,125 transactions from April and a mild 0.6% uptick from the 3,633 sales in May 2025. According to data from Iowa Realtors, there were 3,740 pending sales in May, a 4.2% drop from the 3,902...
Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) is quietly entering Iowa’s Des Moines-area housing market. According to a Business Record report, the Miami-headquartered homebuilder created a Lennar Iowa Facebook page that heralded the upcoming arrival of “move-in ready homes” at prices...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a property tax relief bill into law in a ceremony on Monday. According to Iowa Public Radio, the new law creates a 2% cap on city and county general revenue growth, with an exception for new construction. The new revenue cap does not...
Iowa’s 2026 legislative session concluded on Sunday with lawmakers reaching a last-minute agreement on a property tax deal. Iowa Public Radio reports the deal caps revenue growth under city and county general levies at 2% beginning in the 2027-2028 fiscal year....
The number crunchers at WalletHub are back with a new data report: “States Where People Spend the Most & Least on Housing.” Studying the costs of rent, mortgage and home energy across the 50 states and then comparing the data with each state’s median household...
Barings Buys $66.2 Million Orange County Retail Center as Grocery-Anchored …
