Cedar Rapids Real Estate: Your Online Home Source

During the past two months in the stock market, there have been 19 trading days with a 3% move. It had previously taken 6 years to see 19 days with a 3% move. Bonds and home loan rates began the week with a strong rally on news that the world's largest Bond Fund, PIMCO, raised its stake in Mortgage-Backed Securities to its highest in over ...

Trade – in ProgramThrough the first half of the year Skogman Homes has sold 52 new homes, identical tothe number sold in 2007.Nearly 33% of the buyers took advantage of the Guaranteed Trade Program. This is oneof the best programs in the country because Skogman normally guarantees 93-95percent of appraisal value. Normal selling costs are ...

Boy...the response that I have received concerning the Home Buyer Tax Credit has been overwhelming!  If there are that many home buyers out there considering buying....this seems to have given them an incentive to go buy, at least locally, where our market tends to still be decent. A few of the more common questions that I have been asked ...

 With the new buyer $7500 tax credit and this special.....it can make it easier than ever to get into a home for little/no money down.!  FHA LOANS LOCKED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A SUMMER PRICING SPECIAL……. FREE FIRST YEAR 1% BUYDOWN.……  THE TEMPORARY BUYDOWN PROVIDES A START ...

 As the year draws to a close....I thought I would "re-blog" on the $7500 tax credit. Passed by congress is a bill that will allow any buyer that has not owned a home in the last three years (perfect for first time buyers) to claim a $7500 tax credit! How does it work? 1. You must NOT of owned a home within the past three ...

You ever had the question, what are my taxes going to be on new construction?  Well Linn County has an estimator out there that will help with that and it can be found at the following link below.  You can download the excel version but be sure to update it often as rollbacks and levys change every July.  I would assume that you ...

Get Your Deed From the Recorder – It’s CheaperNational Deed Service Inc. is sending mail to Linn County residents offering to provide a certified copy of a deed for $59.50.  “A certified copy of a deed is $6 from us,” said Linn County Recorder Joan McCalmant.  People can contact the Recorder’s Office at ...

 With the Regency Homes annoucing last week that they had laid off all employees except upper managment and the news of the new construction market from the national media, I thought I would share a bit on Skogman Homes. This "down turn" has not effected Skogman Homes much...if at all. Within a 45 day period in March/April ...

Okay...I was asked again this weekend by a friend.....How really is the market doing?  I responded here in Cedar Rapids, it is great!.....I have started this year with a bang in sales and Skogman is on pace for another record year. He looked at me and said but there are SO MANY HOMES on the market....there are for sale signs ...