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...
Police have made an arrest in a 2011 cold case of an Iowa realtor killed while conducting an open house. Ashley Okland was 27 years old when she was fatally shot inside a model townhouse in West Des Moines on April 8, 2011. According to combined media reports, Kristin...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
