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The TRUTH about How Real Estate Agents Get Paid
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User Guide - Mobile Real Estate Solution
User Guide
We are excited to share our brand NEW app, mobileRuhl, with you! It's for iPhones, iPads and all Android devices and it's FREE! Here's a quick glimpse on how to best use all the features of mobileRuhl. Or start to play with it yourself by downloading it today with the links below!
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Quad Cities at Lowest Housing Inventory since 2001
The latest hang up for the Quad Cities housing market isn't a shortage of qualified buyers; it's a shortage of homes for sale.
In many local areas, we are seeing multiple offers and not enough homes for sale to fill the need for the number of buyers currently looking. In fact, the current number of homes for sale in the Quad Cities area, according to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), is 1,351 homes – the lowest level since 2001. The Wall Street Journal has reported that nationally listing inventory is at a 13-year low. "Continued low interest rates, the uptick in the economy and just the normal reasons that families move have spurred more buyers to act now," sai...
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Home Prices Steady in our Markets
Our local markets continue to have stable growth in home price appreciation, ranking in the top 39% in the country.
Information courtesy of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for fourth quarter 2012. FHFA stats always run one quarter behind. Their full report is available at www.fhfa.gov. *Rankings based on annual percentage change in house prices. Nationally home prices have fallen 12.87% in the last five years, but all of our markets' home prices are up: 7.10% in Dubuque; 2.09% in the Quad Cities; 1.73% in Iowa City; and 0.82% in Cedar Rapids. This compares to other cities: Des Moines, IA down 4.82%; Chicago, IL down 25.54%; and the Daytona Beach, FL area down 44.33%. According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency, of the 302 MSAs (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) ranked by home price appreciation, all of our markets in...
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