Realtor.com is joining the ranks of companies leaving California for Texas.

The real estate listings website, operated by News Corp. subsidiary Move Inc., is relocating its headquarters to Austin from Santa Clara.

Realtor.com will now be based at 901 E. Sixth St. in the Texas capital, a building where it’s been a tenant since 2019.

A string of businesses have moved from the coasts to Texas in recent years as the state has courted companies with its low taxes and limited regulation. Elon Musk moved automaker Tesla Inc. and social media platform X to the Austin area, while Chevron Corp. and Charles Schwab Corp. decamped for Houston and Westlake, respectively.

Texas also has created new business courts to tackle corporate disputes, a move that has drawn attention from executives including Bill Ackman and Mark Zuckerberg.

Damian Eales, chief executive officer of Realtor.com, said Texas’s growing talent pool, low cost of living and expansion of the housing stock were part of its appeal.

The company has about 60,000 square feet of space in its Austin building, a cross-laminated timber project on the city’s trendy east side. Realtor.com has left its Santa Clara office, and that location’s employees now work remotely.

Austin has developed millions of square feet of new offices in recent years, causing a glut of empty space. The metro area’s vacancy rate was nearly 30% at the end of the year, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield.

IRS workers can’t take ‘buyout’ offer until May, new order says

IRS employees involved in the 2025 tax season will not be allowed to accept a buyout offer from the Trump administration until May 15, according to a letter sent Wednesday to IRS employees.

The letter says that “critical filing season positions in Taxpayer Services, Information Technology and the Taxpayer Advocate Service are exempt” from the administration’s buyout plan until May 15.

The news comes after President Donald Trump announced a plan to offer buyouts to federal employees through a “deferred resignation program” to quickly reduce the government workforce. The program deadline was Thursday but a federal judge blocked Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives.

Broccoli sold at Walmart is potentially deadly, FDA says

Broccoli sold in bags at Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, has been labeled as deadly by the FDA due to potential Listeria contamination.

The broccoli, bearing the brand name Braga Fresh, was sold at Walmart stores in 20 states as Marketside Broccoli Florets. The 12-ounce bags, labeled best if used by Dec. 10, contained broccoli that was washed and ready to eat.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems, according to the CDC. About 260 people die annually from Listeria infections.

Healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, but a Listeria monocytogenes infection can cause one in four pregnant women to lose their unborn child, the CDC said.

Braga Fresh, based in Soledad, issued a voluntary initial recall and product warning for Marketside Broccoli Florets late last year.

Jobless benefits claims rise, but labor market strong

More Americans filed unemployment claims last week, but the labor market remains healthy and there are still relatively few layoffs.

U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose by 11,000 to 219,000 for the week ending Feb. 1, the Labor Department said Thursday. Analysts were projecting only 213,000 new applications.

Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered representative of layoffs.

The four-week average, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, rose by 4,000 to 216,750.

Compiled from Bloomberg, The Cleveland Plain Dealer and Associated Press reports.