Coralville, IA Real Estate News

Coralville City Council Meeting November 22, 2016Bridgewater Development PUD Site Plan ApprovedBack in September I wrote about attending my first Council Meeting in Coralville as a resident specifically interested in the Bridgewater Development. At the time, residents living on the access road pu... 12/09/2016

Residents Have Their Say At Public Hearing ~ Bridgewater Development, Coralville IAA couple of weeks ago I got a letter from the City of Coralville informing me of a proposed development in an area that backs up to my house and my neighborhood. It was a two liner, and included a plan of the propo... 09/28/2016

What are the top 3 emotional reasons to buy a house or condo in Coralville? I had to take off my Realtor® hat for this and think really hard why I think Coralville is such a great place to live and what it is that I appreciate most about the town I live in. Walking and Biking Trails in Coralville... 09/20/2016

Many home buyers relocating to Iowa City end up in Coralville, myself included. Why do you suppose that is? I've written before about the many advantages of Relocating to Iowa City. Today I want to look at what makes Coralville such a great place to live. Living in Coralville ~ Location, Location... 08/29/2016

Home Sales in Coralville January - September 2014 Home Sales in Coralville are down slightly for the year and up for the last quarter, with a surge in September when almost twice as many homes sold in Coralville as last year. The chart shows home sales in Coralville from January through September... 10/13/2014

39 homes sold in Coralville in August 2012 compared to 39 in August 2011. This is one of those times you realize why they say real estate is local. Coralville home sales are even with last year, while  home sales are up by 30% in Iowa City and 67% in North Liberty. These are towns that flow into ... 09/13/2012

Home Sales are up by an impressive 29% in Coralville for the the first half of 2012. 167 homes sold in Coralville January through June 2012 compared to 129 in the same time frame last year.   If you hop over to the original post on my website, you'll find a table with details on average and media... 07/12/2012

The 4th of July Parade in Coralville was once again a huge success. The hot weather did not slow things down at all. Although I wonder how it much fun it was for those in costume, like Santa Claus or Herky, (bet you never thought you'd see those two mentioned in one sentence, did you?)  Three of ... 07/07/2012

The 12th Ave extension in Coralville and the S Jones Blvd expansion have resulted in connecting Coralville and North Liberty in a way they weren't connected before. Much of the boundary for the two towns runs along Forevergreen Rd. In fact North Central Junior High School is North of Forevergreen... 07/06/2012

4thFest in Coralville has become quite the tradition attracting thousands of visitors and residents every year.  4thFest 2012 starts on Saturday June 30 giving us 5 days of fun for this year's 4th of July celebrations. Most of the activities are free and take place at S.T. Morrison Park in Coralv... 06/27/2012

The City Circle Acting Company returns to the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts this week with their much anticipated production of  "Guys and Dolls." This classic musical comedy was adapted for the stage in 1950 and an instant success on Broadway. The familiar story of two worlds collidi... 06/14/2012

The Spring real estate market is definitely in full swing in the Iowa City area. The last market report looked at home sales in North Liberty, today the focus is on home sales in Coralville in March and April this year. April was a really  good month for home sales in Coralville with 30 homes sol... 05/16/2012

The real estate market in Iowa City is heating up for spring, you know that already, I wrote about that last week. How about Coralville? If you follow my market reports you'll know that they don't move in tandem. Coralville is very different to Iowa City and had a harder time during the downturn.... 04/23/2012

What would you change in your home? That's the joy of home ownership. The moment a home is yours you want to make changes and because it's yours you have the freedom to make those changes. This year the Iowa City Area Home & Builder Show is coming at a time when home owners are ready for spring a... 03/30/2012

The weather is anything but typical in Iowa at the moment. Usually at this time of the year we're still all wrapped up waiting for the warmer weather... Not so this year. This March the temps have regularly been in the high 60's and 70's. In fact pretty soon I'm sure we'll have weather forecaster... 03/28/2012

18 homes sold in Coralville in February 2012 compared to 8 homes sold in February 2011. That's a pretty impressive increase in home sales for Coralville. The absorption rate is at 8.4 months, that's an average of 254 days on market. (6 months absorption rate is a balanced market). Unsurprisingly ... 03/22/2012

The City Circle Acting Company returns to the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts this week with their production of  "Our Town." If you have any preconceived ideas about theatre you can throw those out the window before going to see this show. There are no stars in this play. There's not e... 03/22/2012

It's good news all around today. Not only are home sales up in Iowa City again this month, they're also up in Coralville. This is especially good news in Coralville as home sales took a bit of a dip in January. I figured it was a glitch, it's good to see I was right. 11 homes sold in Coralville i... 02/20/2012

7 homes sold in Coralville in January 2012 compared to 15 homes sold in January 2011. If that seems like a bit of a drastic drop, only 3 sold in January 2010, which kind of puts things more in perspective. In fact I went back a few years and the low single digits is more typical for the last few ... 02/09/2012

The most efficient way to search for homes in the Iowa City area is by school district. That way you can narrow down neighborhoods without making the area so small that the search becomes ineffective. That's the principal I use when helping buyers to find homes and figured it's just as effective ... 01/31/2012