#Iowa Real Estate by the numbers#

Rate this item
(0 votes)

In last week’s volume of Iowa Realtor Benchmark, guest columnist Deb Sullivan of Iowa Mortgage Association wrote an informative news article. It’s title; “It’s good to be in the Real Estate Business in Iowa” breaks down some interesting stats for the state, here are the numbers in a nutshell.

 

 

The median price of single family homes in Iowa is $118,036 compared to $180,176 nationally

Overall housing stats in Iowa (through Sept 2011) are up 3.8 percent over 2010

Only 2.8 percent of all mortgages in Iowa are in foreclosure compared to 4.52 percent nationally

Real estate sold in Iowa in September 2011 is up 20.9 percent over 2010

Pending sales in September 2011 were up 8.3 percent from 2010

Iowa unemployment in Q2 2011 is 6.1 percent compared to 9.1 percent nationally

Iowa per person credit card debt is 3,087 compared to 5,612 nationally

 
Published in Real Estate Info
Social sharing
More in this category: How Important are Open Houses? »

Leave a comment

Make sure you enter the (*) required information where indicated.
Basic HTML code is allowed.