Is California looking to tax retirement accounts? Experts push back on claims
At issue is a measure called the Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Act, one of several initiatives tied to the billionaire’s tax debate.
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How one builder cut cycle time by 30 days with integrated ops
Selling season 2026 – long on uncertainty and short on Spring mojo – is keeping many private homebuilders up at night and on edge all day long. The challenge is no longer just about generating traffic to homebuilder websites and new neighborhood sales centers, converting buyers, or managing incentives. It also concerns whether the business […]
The strategic rationale behind QXO’s $17 billion TopBuild acquisition
Brad Jacobs’ vaunted, capital treasure-trove-fueled sprint to geographic and marketshare clout, enough to disrupt the nation’s building products and materials supply infrastructure, took another big leap this weekend, with a $17 billion deal to acquire TopBuild, a giant among homebuilder-favored distribution players. During an investor presentation held on Sunday, Jacobs, Chairman and CEO at QXO, […]
IRVE: The independent brokerage that grew $2B in five years
Iron Valley Real Estate ranks No. 10 nationally for five-year volume growth and No. 3 for five-year transaction side growth.
How the post-war homebuilders built the modern playbook
If you want to understand the DNA of the modern American homebuilding industry, you don’t start in a boardroom or on Wall Street. You start in the aftermath of World War II. The men (and they were almost entirely men at the time) who came home from that war didn’t just return with discipline and […]
Weekly pending home sales show yearly growth as mortgage rates fall
Inventory rose to 743,006, new listings hit 77,919 and pending sales rose to 73,241 as rates neared 6.25%.
Three lessons for mortgage leaders right now
Mortgage still repeats old habits, chasing top producers, designing for internal teams, and lagging AI, despite new data and tools.
RealTrends Verified top performers prove there’s no one way to scale
Keller Williams led 2025 with 837,323 sides and $383.086B, while Sotheby’s posted $140.316B volume, per RealTrends data.
Real estate tech shifting from Swiss Army knives to scalpels
A growing number of agents, teams and brokerages are abandoning general-purpose tools in favor of highly specialized solutions.
Tri Pointe Homes shareholders approve merger with Sumitomo Forestry
Tri Pointe shareholders approved the $4.5 billion all-cash deal with Sumitomo Forestry, with 99.99% of votes in favor.