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Weekly Real Estate Market Update Coralville August 30, 2010

Weekly real estate market statistics coralville ia august 30, 2010

228 Active Listings
17 Homes Under Contract
2 Homes Sold August 23 – August 30, 2010

1 Single family home sold Price: $62,500
1 Condo sold Price: $86,000



Highest number of days on market: 156 days
Lowest number of days on market: 7 days

The Coralville real estate market is continues to be pretty slow. We still have the winning combination of more homes than buyers in the market place + historically low interest rates. In fact they’re lower than ever – 4.25% for a 30 year fixed rate loan! As I’ve said before, beats me why the market isn’t a total frenzy with such lucrative times for buyers. If you’re still on the fence about buying a home in Coralville, I know you’ve heard it before, but this is an astoundingly good time to buy a home. This particular set of conditions won’t last forever. If there was ever a time to get into the game it is now!

Are you ready to buy a home in Coralville? Do you have a real estate related question or a question about the area for me? Just send me an email letting me know how I can help.

Last week’s real estate market update for Coralville


Coralville real estate market report July 2010


Coralville real estate market report 2nd Quarter: April – June 2010

Weekly Real Estate Market Update Iowa City August 30, 2010

Weekly real estate market statistics iowa city august 30, 2010

557 Active Listings
41 Homes Under Contract
3 Homes Sold August 23 – August 28, 2010

2 Single family homes sold Avg Price:  $216,250
1 Condo sold Price:  $136,500



Highest number of days on market: 114 days
Lowest number of days on market: 41 days

The Iowa City real estate market is continues to be pretty slow. We still have the winning combination of lots more homes than buyers in the market place + historically low interest rates. In fact they’re lower than ever – 4.25% for a 30 year fixed rate loan! I’m going to say it again, beats me why the market isn’t a total frenzy with such lucrative times for buyers. If you’re still on the fence about buying a home in Iowa City, I know you’ve heard it before, but this is an astoundingly good time to buy a home. This particular set of conditions won’t last forever. If there was ever a time to make your move it would be now!

Are you ready to buy a home in Iowa City? Do you have a real estate related question or a question about the area for me?  Just send me an email letting me know how I can help!

Last week’s real estate market update for Iowa City


Iowa City Real Estate Market Report July 2010


Iowa City Real Estate Market Report 2nd Quarter: April – June 2010

Landlocked Film Festival – Schedule & Locations Sunday August 29, 2010

Still lots going on in downtown Iowa City at the Landlocked Film Festival on Sunday. Full programs scheduled starting at noon at the Englert and ICPL. Of course the highlight will be the Awards Ceremony at 9.00pm at the Englert Theatre. Below is the full schedule of showing times through Sunday. You can find more information about the film selections at the Landlocked Film Festival Website. (Updated Monday: The link to the website now takes you to the Awards Page).

Click here for the schedule for Saturday’s showing times.

Schedule Sunday August 29

Englert

12:00 pm (Noon) Ballhawks (Free)
1:45 pm First Stop, Iowa (Free)
4:00 pm Shorts Program #2 Drama – 1 hr 40 min (Free)

  • Survivors
  • One Bullet
  • Trophy Wife
  • Clemency
  • 2-45
  • Stewart Little 3000
  • Empty

6:00 pm Huset Overfor (Free)
7:00 pm Broken Dreams ($5)
9:00 pm Landlocked Awards Ceremony

ICPL

12:00 am Kid-Friendly All Ages – 45 min (Free)

  • Kidnap
  • The Lift
  • Damsel Distressed
  • Skylight
  • God’s Critters
  • The Scientist’s Apprentice
  • Mashed

1:00 pm (noon) Kid-Friendly Over 10 – 1 hr 15 min (Free)

  • Huset Overfor (The Other Side)
  • I’m a Madman
  • Abidjan

2:15 pm Shorts Program #3 Drama – 2 hrs 40 min (will include a break)(Free)

  • El Forjador de Historias (The Storymaker)
  • Listen (The List)
  • Sway
  • The Desperate
  • Sacrifice on the Ante
  • Sombras en el Viento (Shadows in the Wind)
  • Split Hit
  • A Prayer for the Umpire

Carver Room – Sheraton


2:30 pm
Music Videos- 50 mins (Free)

  • The Long Goodbye
  • Inside
  • Let Me In
  • On Our Own
  • Take Me to Heart
  • Switch Hit Resistor
  • Pain Killer


4:00 pm
Vivir de Pie (Free)

6:30 pm Shorts Program #4 Comedy – 2 hrs 45 min (will include a break)
(Free)

  • Action World
  • Martes por la Manana (Tuesday Morning)
  • Deathstu
  • Cabbie
  • Tarzan Jr. and the Cuban Mercenaries
  • Outer Space
  • Summon Lovin’
  • Den Frygtlose Ivan (Fearful Ivan)
  • Doodie Egg

Plaza Room – Vetro


6.00pm Home/Land
– A 30 minute documentary, directed by Lebanese filmmaker Nigol Bezjian with cinematography by Cyprus-based filmmaker Stephen Nugent. After the showing a panel of writers from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program will discuss the concept of “home” and open a dialogue with the audience.



Landlocked Film Festival – Schedule & Locations Saturday August 28, 2010

Iowa City is hopping this weekend with film makers and independent movie lovers getting together for the biggest event of the year – The Landlocked Film Festival. (Updated Monday: The link to the website is now to the Awards Page).

More than 80 films are being shown this year at five venues in downtown Iowa City. For most of them admission is free, with just a few exceptions where admission is a mere $5. Below is the schedule for Saturday.

Click here for the schedule for Sunday’s showing times.

Schedule Saturday August 28

Englert


12:00 pm
(noon) World’s Largest (Free)
1:30 pm Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (Free)
4:00 pm Play On ($5)
7:00 pm Ashley’s Ashes ($5)
9:30 pm Splatter: Love, Honor and Paintball ($5)


ICPL

11:00 am Kid-Friendly Short Films All Ages – 45 min (Free)

  • Kidnap
  • The Lift
  • Damsel Distressed
  • Skylight
  • God’s Critters
  • The Scientist’s Apprentice
  • Mashed

12:00 pm (noon) Kid-Friendly Over 10 yrs old – 1 hr 15 min (Free)

  • Huset Overfor (The Other Side)
  • I’m a Madman
  • Abidjan

1:15 pm Music Videos – 50 mins (Free)

  • The Long Goodbye
  • Inside
  • Let Me In
  • On Our Own
  • Take Me to Heart
  • Switch Hit Resistor
  • Pain Killer

2:45 pm Shorts Program #5 – Comedy – 2 hrs 30 min (will include a break) (Free)

  • Sunscreen Serenade
  • Who Is Candy Bernardino?
  • Tales of a Traveler
  • Father and Sister
  • Squared
  • With Anchovies… Without Mamma
  • 4 Pictures
  • Time for a Hero
  • Tengo Algo Que Decirte (I’ve Got Something to Tell You)
  • El Cortejo (The Cortege)

Carver Room – Sheraton

5:15 pm From the Badlands to Alcatraz (Free)
7:00 pm Roll Out, Cowboy (Free)
9:00 pm Scrappers (Free)


Plaza Room – Vetro

11:00 am Can’t Go Native? (Free)
12:00 pm (noon) Voices Unveiled (Free)
1:45 pm Dumb Dumb (Free)
3:15 pm Shorts Program #1 – 1 hr 40 min (Free)

  • Snippets
  • Transparent Movement
  • Kapsis
  • Look through the Clown’s Eye
  • Lydia and Otto
  • Arena
  • Johnny Saw Johnny
  • Aliki
  • Sapsucker

5:15 pm Documentary Short Films – 2 hrs 10 min (will include a break) (Free)

  • The Next Act
  • $100 Dollars a Day
  • Boat Dreams
  • The Bay Swimmers
  • Perfectly Abled
  • Period Piece
  • What Else Would I Do


Bijou Theater – IMU

2:00 pm Student Program at the Bijou – 2 hrs 15 min (Free)

  • Clemency
  • Snippets
  • What Else Would I Do
  • The Bay Swimmers
  • Empty
  • Johnny Saw Johnny
  • Survivors
  • Who Is Candy Bernardino?
  • The Scientist’s Apprentice
  • Tales of a Traveler
  • Perfectly Abled

11:30 pm Endure (Free)

Landlocked Film Festival 2010 – Another Fun Weekend in Iowa City

After Sand in the City Weekend last weekend it’s only fitting that we highlight the fact that we are in fact landlocked here in Iowa City… This week it’s something entirely different. This week we’re taking it inside as Iowa City hosts its 4th annual film festival – Landlocked Film Festival 2010. This year there are more than 80 films by independent film makers being shown at five locations – The Sheraton Hotel, The Englert Theatre, Iowa City Public Library, Bijou Theatre, (in the IMU Building) and HotelVetro. The majority of the showings are free, with a low $5 admission for a few of the full length feature films. In addition to the films there’s also the opportunity to visit workshops and film maker panels. You can find more info about that at the Landlocked Film Festival Website.

Since I’m a map freak and have just learned how to use Google Maps, (bit of a learning curve there I have to say), I decided to put together a map showing the locations and the schedule for the film showings. It would have been too confusing to have it all on one map, so I decided to break it up into daily schedules. Click on the markers on the map to see Friday’s Schedule. Here’s the schedule for Saturday.


View Landlocked Film Festival Schedule Friday August 27, 2010 in a larger map

Pictures – Sand in the City Weekend 2010

The rain had little to no impact on this year’s Sand in the City event in Iowa City. Resourceful Iowans were able to save their sand sculptures from the rains on Friday and the weekend continued with sunshine and temperatures in the 90′s. On Sunday afternoon I showed up just in time to catch an excellent performance by the all male Capella, Intersection. Right after that I took some photos of the wonderful sand sculptures from the Sand Sculpting Competition. Check them out… I’m sure there are seaside towns that would love a visit from these guys. All proof that there’s no shortage of creativity in Iowa City.

Weekly Market Update North Liberty IA August 23, 2010

weekly real estate market report north liberty ia august 23, 2010

211 Active Listings
23 Homes Under Contract
9 Homes Sold August 16 – August 21, 2010

4 Single family homes sold Avg Price: $359,325
2 Condos sold Avg Price: $  91,700
3 Zeros lot sold Avg Price: $140,300


Highest number of days on market: 155
Lowest number of days on market: 28

The North Liberty real estate market remains stronger than Iowa City and Coralville. The absorption rate is at 4.8 months. (This is the time it takes for the market to “absorb” homes). That’s an average or 144 days on market.

The fact that we have a price driven market means that there are still great opportunities if you are buying a home in North Liberty. Couple that with the extremely low interest rates – 4.25% for a 30 year fixed rate loan – and you can see that it’s really hard to imagine a better combination of factors when it comes to buying a home in North Liberty.

For sellers of course it’s not quite as rosy. The price driven market means you probably won’t make as much as you would like on the sale of your home. On the up side, the turnover rate for homes is better in North Liberty and it is likely that your home will spend less time on the market than in Iowa City or Coralville. (Depending on the location of course, location is always king). Bear in mind too that buyers are looking for deals. Pricing it right is one part of the equation. Equally important is that it’s in pristine condition. Pricing your home right + seeing to it that it’s the shiny penny on the block will put you well on the way to selling your home quickly.

If you need to sell your home and would like me to prepare a CMA (Current Market Analysis) please call me anytime at 319-400-0268 or click here to send me your contact details.

Looking to buy a home in North Liberty IA? Do you have a real estate related question or a question about the area for me? Just send me an email letting me know how I can help.

Last week’s market update for North Liberty

North Liberty real estate market report July 2010

North Liberty real estate market report 2nd Quarter: April – June 2010

Weekly Real Estate Market Update Coralville August 23, 2010

weekly real estate market report coralville ia august 23, 2010

231 Active Listings
16 Homes Under Contract
5 Homes Sold August 16 – August 21, 2010

3 Single family homes sold Avg Price: $241,967
2 Condos sold Avg Price: $73,250

Highest number of days on market: 179 days
Lowest number of days on market: 36 days

The Coralville real estate market is continues to be pretty slow. We still have the winning combination of more homes than buyers in the market place + historically low interest rates. In fact they’re lower than ever – 4.25% for a 30 year fixed rate loan! Beats me why the market isn’t a total frenzy with such lucrative times for buyers. I guess we just wait and see what Fall brings. If you’re still on the fence about buying a home in Coralville, I know you’ve heard it before, but this is an astoundingly good time to buy a home. This particular set of conditions won’t last forever. If there was ever a time to get into the game it is now!

Are you ready to buy a home in Coralville? Do you have a real estate related question or a question about the area for me? Just send me an email letting me know how I can help.

Last week’s real estate market update for Coralville


Coralville real estate market report July 2010


Coralville real estate market report 2nd Quarter: April – June 2010

Weekly Real Estate Market Update Iowa City August 23, 2010

Weekly real estate market report iowa city august 23, 2010

563 Active Listings
38 Homes Under Contract
9 Homes Sold August 16 – August 21, 2010

5 Single family homes sold Avg Price: $164,780
4 Condos sold Avg Price: $180,488



Highest number of days on market: 140 days
Lowest number of days on market: 36 days

The Iowa City real estate market is continues to be pretty slow. We still have the winning combination of more homes than buyers in the market place + historically low interest rates. In fact they’re lower than ever – 4.25% for a 30 year fixed rate loan! Beats me why the market isn’t a total frenzy with such lucrative times for buyers. I guess we just wait and see what Fall brings. If you’re still on the fence about buying a home in Iowa City, I know you’ve heard it before, but this is an astoundingly good time to buy a home. This particular set of conditions won’t last forever. If there was ever a time to get into the game it is now!

Are you ready to buy a home in Iowa City? Do you have a real estate related question or a question about the area for me?  Just send me an email letting me know how I can help.


Last week’s real estate market update for Iowa City


Iowa City Real Estate Market Report July 2010


Iowa City Real Estate Market Report 2nd Quarter: April – June 2010

Free, Family Fun Downtown Iowa City – Sand in the City Weekend 2010

The Summer of the Arts Program kicks it up a notch this weekend with 3 full days of great family fun with Bank of the West’s Sand In the City. The fun starts on Friday morning at 9 a.m. when ten teams begin building their sand sculptures along Iowa Ave, Iowa City for the sand sculpting competition. Judging is at 4.00pm. Fingers crossed it stays dry…

Don’t think for a second the fun stops there though.
That’s just the beginning. There’s also the Kid’s Sand Pit, and FUN Zone, Artist Booths and live music on the Iowa City Saab Main Stage. And to top it off you can feast on culinary delights on Culinary Row.

Here’s the schedule so you don’t miss a thing on this big weekend in downtown Iowa City.

Friday, August 20

9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sand Sculpting Competition

11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Culinary Row – Children’s Sand Pit

4 p.m. Judging of the Sand Sculptures

4 p.m. FUN Zone – Artist Booths Open

5:15 p.m. Team Trophy Presentations

5:30 p.m. Live Entertainment: Kol Shira

7 – 9 p.m. Live Entertainment: Funk Stop

Saturday, August 21

10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Culinary Row, FUN Zone, Artist Booths and Kid’s Sand Pit

Noon Live Entertainment: Surf Zombies

2 p.m. Live Entertainment: Dr. Z’s Experiment

4 p.m. Live Entertainment: Grooveship

6:30 – 8 p.m. Live Entertainment: Collectible Boys

Sunday, August 22

10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Culinary Row, FUN Zone, Artist Booths and Kid’s Sand Pit

Noon Live Entertainment: Plain Point

1 p.m. Live Entertainment: The Sweet Hereafter

2 p.m. Live Entertainment:  Intersection

3 p.m. Live Entertainment: Area Hip Hop Dancers