Cedar Rapids Real Estate Blog

The bill, H.R. 3221, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, passed congress and was signed into law this week, giving first time home buyers up to a $7,500 tax credit incentive to purchase a home between April 9th, 2008 and July 1st, 2009. Law makers offered the incentive to jump start entry buyers, which can have a ripple effect ...

If you're a seasoned home seller like myself (I've sold four homes of my own, and am about to sell my fifth), you should have by proxy learned some hard lessons about what not do so in the sale of your home.  Most home sellers learn these by experience, and in this case, experience unfortunately means loss of money.  Home ...

Once a year, I like to blog about me.  This is the only time that this blog will be all about me, but I think it's important to know who you are working with, especially when it comes to one of the largest transactions you will ever undertake in your life.  If you want to cut to the chase and miss a great article, you can go to ...

If you have ever been on the fence about buying a home, now might be the time to slide off that fence and buy!  Interest rates are nearing an all time record low, and I'll get to that in a minute. If you are considering buying a house whether it be first time or not, here are some things to consider.Seller's know that on average, ...

Have you ever heard the phrase, timing is everything?  Well, I don't know if this necessarily applies in this situation or not;Mark let's see.  Traditionally, the real estate "season" really heats up in the springtime with families wanting to prepare, sell, and be moved into their new home by the time the new school ...