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 ...

Okay, everyone who has heard about the national "doom and gloom" forecast and predictions, raise their hand!  Okay, how about the nose dive with our stock market?  How about the financial bailout of several major banks and lending institutions? Heard enough?  Ready for some good news!  Here it is.  Our Cedar ...

Folks, every once in a while, a house comes along that is priced right, has everything your family is looking for and much more.  3605 Windemere Way in Marion, Iowa is just such a house.  This house could have been priced in the high 220's but is priced at $219,900 because the owner is highly motivated to move.  MLS #2807000, ...

Today is Friday, April 18, 2008 and the Cedar Rapids Real Estate market has never been stronger!  Sure Iowa and Cedar Rapids bares their fair share of burdens regarding foreclosures, sub prime lending, and tightening of loan qualifiers.  However, the market in Cedar Rapids is fairly strong.  Inventory for Buyers is increasing ...

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 ...

The Housing and Urban Development center has published a wonderful article on their website entitled 100 Questions and Answers for Home Buyers and I thought I'd pass it onto my readers.  This website is also a great one to bookmark.  The actual website link is www.hud.gov  but the article can be found by clicking on this link: ...

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, ...