Today is one of those days when I show you just how local real estate is. My last update of the Iowa City real estate market showed that home sales were down in Iowa City by 30% in October. In Coralville, home sales in October are up by 70%. Of course a lot more homes sell in Iowa City with 70,00
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11/14/2012
Typically Fall and Winter are not the strongest time of the year for home sales in the Iowa City area. Partly that has to do with the transient nature of a college town like Iowa City. And then there's the unpredictable weather to deter home buyers too. The news is not as good this month as it wa
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11/14/2012
What is known as a 'home sale contingency' in some markets is known as a 'subject to sale contingency' in the Iowa City real estate market. This is when buyers make an offer on a home contingent on the sale of their own home. When you get an offer on your home for sale in the Iowa City area it w
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11/14/2012
What do you know about Tiffin? Unless you live there probably not a lot. Tiffin is about 4 miles west of Coralville. It's a rural area with A LOT of new construction in the works. According to the 2010 Census there is a population of 1,947 in Tiffin - That's twice as many people than in the 2000
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10/27/2012
From my Snapshot of Home Sales in North Liberty at the beginning of the month you know that home sales in North Liberty are up for the year. Today I have a graph and some numbers to share with you - I always think visual aids are helpful when it comes to processing data. The graph shows the numb
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10/27/2012
How's the real estate market in Coralville doing? From my Snapshot of Home Sales in Coralville at the beginning of the month you know that home sales are up for the year. Today I have a graph and some numbers to share with you to give you more to go on for the real estate market in Coralville .
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10/25/2012
At the beginning of the month I wrote a post with a general overview of the Iowa City real estate market for the year. Today I have a graph and some numbers to share with you giving you more insights on the real estate market in Iowa City. 743 homes sold in the first 9 months of the year. That's
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10/25/2012
After looking at home sales in Coralville and Iowa City, I pulled data from the Iowa City MLS to see how home sales in North Liberty are shaping up for the year. Home sales in North Liberty - January 1 through September 30, 2012 Number of homes sold in North Liberty so far this year is up 19.5% c
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10/22/2012
There is no doubt that the real estate market in the Iowa City area is improving, but there are still plenty of homes that failed to sell this year. Mostly this is due to too high expectations of the market. How can you as a seller avoid that? Funnily enough, it's really not that hard. The hardes
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10/22/2012
Just in case there's any doubt about the turnaround in the Iowa City area real estate market, I'm here to put that to rest today. I figured I'd take a look at Tiffin and make that our measuring stick for progress in the Iowa City area. After all, if a little rural town like Tiffin shows signs of
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10/10/2012
