If you drive up and down 1st Ave in Coralville as often as I do you'll know there are some serious changes going on at the Iowa River Landing. This is the area just south of I-80 and very close to the Marriott on E 9th St. Well, if you're curious as to what is going on there, Thursday September 2
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09/20/2011
September is shaping up to be another good month for the Iowa City real estate market. Home sold in Iowa City this month to date are up to 20. There are 69 homes listed as pending or contingent. When I tell you 34 homes sold in all of September 2010 it will give you an good idea of just how stron
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09/19/2011
Iowa City Real Estate: Johnson County Economic Data - Update September 2011 Way back at the beginning of 2010 I blogged about this very cool AP Interactive Map. It provides us with a look at the economic stress index all across the country. (The economic stress index is the combined impact of une
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09/18/2011
Iowa City is a very "green" town. In every sense of the word. A perfect example of Iowa City's commitment to the environment is the abundance of parks in the area. So many that it doesn't matter where you live, you will always be close to one of them! They all offer something for the entire famil
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09/17/2011
After about five minutes of seeing this little guy out of the corner of my eye I decided to get up and try and take a photo of him. This tree is right outside the window of my home office and I felt sure as soon as I started scrummaging around for the camera he would take off. I was wrong. At lea
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09/16/2011
The Dean Oakes Neighborhood where I took these photos this summer is in the North of Iowa City in the Shimek Elementary School District. The location is perfect for anyone relocating to Iowa City for the ACT - The ACT has it's National Office Complex right here in Iowa City, just around the cor
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09/15/2011
The 2012 Arts & Crafts Show at the Marriott in Coralville will be a two day event - Please visit the original post @ denisehamlin.com for details We have a couple of big Art & Crafts Shows coming up in Iowa City and Coralville soon. I've never been a big fan of Fall, or Autumn as we Brits call it
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09/14/2011
Today I decided to take a quick look to see what's going on in the Coralville real estate market. Of course not nearly as many homes sell in Coralville as in Iowa City. (Hardly surprising since Coralville has a population of less than 20,000 compared to Iowa City's 67,000). Anyhow, with the mark
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09/13/2011
The real estate market in Iowa City picked up in July and August after a volatile first half of the year . Today I pulled data from the Iowa City MLS to see if September is following in that trend. The number of homes sold in Iowa City this month to date is at 11. That's compared to 15 homes that
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09/12/2011
After my post yesterday about the house I closed on in Germany on September 11, 2001 it seemed fitting that I should dig out some photos of said house and share those with you. It was no ordinary house. It took me a while to come around to the idea of building a geodesic dome. I'd gone 40 years n
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09/11/2011
