Observations

The first session of the 90th General Assembly adjourned sine die at 12:34 pm on Thursday, May 4th. The Iowa Legislature went into just a few days of overtime as the initial adjournment date was [READ MORE]

Stabilizing mortgage rates and a lack of resale inventory provided a boost for new home sales in April, even as builders continue to wrestle with rising costs stemming from shortages of transformers and other building [READ MORE]

If you’re a dad, you may be in line to get some nice gifts on Father’s Day. But your greatest gift may be your ability to help your children. One way of doing that is [READ MORE]

History may not repeat itself exactly, but it often tends to rhyme. During trying times, one can’t help but look to the winners and losers of historically similar events. Like many others, I have always [READ MORE]

Single-family production showed signs of a gradual upturn in March as stabilizing mortgage rates and limited existing inventory helped to offset stubbornly high construction costs, building labor shortages and tightening credit conditions. Overall housing starts [READ MORE]