Iowa just reset property taxes to assist first-time homebuyers

Home builders now have a sharper incentive to pitch to prospective first-time homebuyers in Iowa after lawmakers passed a sweeping property tax overhaul on Sunday, the final day of the legislative session. A provision in the bill replaces a nearly decade-old first-time homebuyer savings program with

California Moves To Suspend State Farm Over Wildfire Claims

California's insurance commissioner wants to see State Farm's license to do business in the state suspended for up to a year, with the insurer coming under fire for its handling of claims from the 2025 wildfires. California Department of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara filed a stipulation callin

The Back-Office Gap That’s Costing Brokerages Millions at Closing

For multi-entity brokerage owners, enterprise value is built over years—through agent growth, revenue expansion and operational scale. But a new whitepaper from thedeepdive.tech, “The Valuation Discount Hiding in Plain Sight,” reveals that a silent threat in the back office can erase millions of tha

NAR Sounds Alarm Over Proposed Federal Housing Program Cuts

The National Association of Realtors® urged Congress not to take an axe to several housing programs in the coming federal budget. President Donald Trump released a proposed discretionary budget for fiscal year 2027 last month. Among its major changes are a 13% decrease in funding at the U.S. Departm