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Region’s Housing MarketTurned the Corner in Third Quarter
entry level homes, sellers of those homes
can buy new, more expensive homes, and
we will see increasing average sales prices.
Home prices in our region continue to be
stable, as show in the Federal Housing
Finance Agency chart on page 6. Ranked by
price appreciation, all of our regional
markets are in the top 25% of 296
Metropolitan Statistical Areas nationally.
This continues to be a great time to buy a
home in our markets. Interest rates are still
near record lows – in the range of 5%-5.25%
for 30-year conventional and FHA
mortgages and 4.375%-4.625% for 15-year
mortgages. All sellers are advised to get
pre-approved for a mortgage before
listing their homes for sale if they are
planning to purchase a new home.
Because of the tightened credit
requirements, some sellers have sold their
homes only to find they no longer qualify for
a mortgage to purchase a new home. While
mortgage monies are still readily available
in our region to buyers with good credit,
nationally nearly one-third of all borrowers
who applied for a loan last year were turned
down, according to the Federal Reserve.
Call 1862 Mortgage to get preapproved at
563.441.1862.
Iowa Quad CitiesListing Inventory: There were 964 homes
and condominiums listed for sale as of
September 30, 2009, which is a 13%
decrease from last year when there were
1,103 properties for sale. The data this year
does not include 73 properties that are
classified as “To Be Built.”
Properties Sold: 11% fewer properties sold
and closed in 2009 compared to 2008, a drop
Facts & TrendsR u h l & R u h l R E A L T O R S • F a l l 2 0 0 9
R e a l E s t a t e
In this issue:
page 3Hard Facts About Our
Soft New
Construction Market
page 4 RuhlHomes.com ~
Totally New Website
page 6Ruhl Adds Property
Management to
Services
page 6Home Prices Stable
Here Compared to
National Depreciation
According to economists surveyed by the
National Association for Business
Economics, the recession, which began in
December 2007, has ended. Further, they
noted the housing recovery “will gather
momentum” and 2010 will be the first year
since 2005 that the housing sector will
contribute to overall growth. After flattening
out this year, house prices, they said, will see
a “modest gain of 2% in 2010.”
Third quarter marked the turnaround
point for housing sales in our markets. At
Ruhl&Ruhl, for example, we sold and
closed on 8.4% more properties during
the third quarter of 2009 than during the
third quarter of 2008, comparing 1,187
sales this year to 1,095 sales last year.
Pending sales written in September of 2009
and not yet closed were up 23% over
September of last year and sales written
during the first three weeks of October were
up 55%. So fourth quarter sales closed will
be well ahead of fourth quarter 2008 as well.
The 2009 Regional Real Estate Results
chart on page 2 shows that year to date the
number of properties sold is still down from
last year, ranging from 3% down in the Iowa
City area to 17% down in the
Maquoketa/Preston/Bellevue markets. This
reflects the devastating first quarter results.
In most markets, year to date sales volume is
also down more than the number of
properties sold. This is because more lower-
priced homes have been selling due to the
first-time homebuyer tax credit. This change
in the mix of deals to more lower-priced
sales and fewer higher-priced sales has also
resulted in lower average sales prices in
most of our markets. The good news is –
now that first-time buyers have purchased
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Darrin HugginsRealtor
Average % Change % Change % Change Active % Change2009 in Average 2009 in Number 2009 in Sales Listing In Active
Sales Sales Price Number Sold Sales Volume Count ListingsPrice from 2008 Sold from 2008 Volume from 2008 2009 from 2008
Cedar Rapids Area $150,300 -1% 2,818 -10% $423,530,600 -11% 1,574 -14%
Clinton/Camanche/Fulton $96,600 -6% 300 -13% $28,985,900 -19% 262 +7%
DeWitt $138,300 -2% 76 -7% $10,507,700 -10% 64 +19%
Dubuque Area $153,500 +7% 695 -13% $106,682,100 -7% 704 +15%
Illinois Quad Cities $114,000 +2% 1,257 -11% $143,340,100 -10% 972 -8%
Iowa Quad Cities $160,800 -2% 1,494 -11% $240,224,900 -13% 964 -13%
Iowa City Area $183,200 0% 1,889 -3% $346,022,800 -4% 1,580 +12%
Maquoketa/Preston/Bellevue $112,700 0% 85 -17% $9,578,400 -14% 57 -34%
Muscatine/Wilton $125,900 0% 336 -10% $42,286,400 -10% 298 -5%
Southwest Wisconsin $125,200 -12% 290 +23% $36,314,700 +8% 436 N/A
Through September
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2009 Regional Real Estate Results
from 1,663 sales last year through
September to 1,494 sales this year
through September.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price in the Iowa Quad Cities fell by 2%,
from $164,500 in 2008 to $160,800 in 2009.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
fell by 13% from $273,535,600 to
$240,224,900.
Illinois Quad CitiesListing Inventory: The number of
properties for sale is down 8% from
September of last year, a decrease from
1,059 listings last year to 972 listings this
year. This is preceded by a 6% increase
at the same time last year. The 2009 data
does not include 36 properties that are
classified as “To Be Built.”
Properties Sold: Year to date, 11% fewer
properties have sold than during this
period in 2008, comparing 1,257 sales
this year to 1,414 sales last year.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price increased 2% from $111,800
through September of 2008 to $114,000
through September of 2009.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
shrank by 10% from $158,070,600 in
2008 to $143,340,100 in 2009. 37% of
Quad Cities’ sales volume was sold on
the Illinois side, which is consistent with
the same time period in 2008.
Cedar Rapids AreaListing Inventory: There were 1,830
residential properties listed for sale on
September 30, 2009, 14% less than at the
same time last year when there were
1,574 properties listed.
Properties Sold: 3,128 properties sold
and closed year to date, 10% fewer than
the 2,818 that were sold through
September of 2008.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price in the Cedar Rapids region was
$150,300 through September 2009, 1%
less than the average sales price of
$152,000 through September 2008.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
fell 11%, from $475,558,300 in 2008 to
$423,530,600 in the same period of 2009.
Clinton, Camanche & FultonListing Inventory: There are 7% more
properties listed for sale this year than
last, comparing 246 properties for sale in
September of 2008 to 262 properties for
sale in September this year. This is
compared to an 8% decrease from 2007
to 2008.
Properties Sold: 13% fewer properties
sold and closed through September 2009,
a decrease from 346 sales in 2008 to 300
sales in 2009.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price in Clinton, Camanche and Fulton
during the first nine months of 2009 was
$96,600, 6% lower than the average sales
price of $103,000 through September of
2008.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
was down 19% from $35,651,500 in
2008 to $28,985,900 in 2009.
DeWittListing Inventory: DeWitt’s listing
inventory is 19% more than last year, an
increase from 54 listings in September
2008 to 64 properties for sale in
September of 2009.
Properties Sold: 76 properties sold and
closed during the first nine months of
2009 compared to 82 sales in 2008, a 7%
decrease.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price of homes sold through September
2009 was $138,300, 2% less than last
year’s average sales price of $141,600.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
in DeWitt shrank by 10% from last year,
a decrease from $11,612,700 to
$10,507,700.
DubuqueListing Inventory: There were 704
residential properties listed for sale in
Dubuque this September. This is a 15%
increase from last year’s 610 properties
listed.
Properties Sold: 13% fewer properties
sold and closed year to date compared to
last year, a decrease from 801 closings in
2008 to 695 closings through September
of this year.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price of homes sold through September
2009 was $153,500, compared to the
average sales price of $143,000 through
September of 2008, a 7% increase.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
year to date of $106,682,100 was down
7% from last year’s sales volume of
$114,510,700.
Iowa CityListing Inventory: There was an
– Continued from page 1
– Continued on page 4
New Housing StartsThrough September
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Iowa Quad Cities 502 366 266 189 -29%
Davenport 138 86 70 59 -16%
Bettendorf & Riverdale 129 98 75 61 -19%
Rural Scott County 116 90 58 22 -62%
Eldridge & Long Grove 58 25 23 22 -4%
LeClaire & Princeton 56 52 37 21 -43%
Blue Grass - City of 5 15 3 4 +33%
Illinois Quad Cities 185 194 118 95 -19%
Moline & Coal Valley 27 23 18 16 -11%
Rock Island 17 8 10 4 -60%
East Moline & Hampton 18 10 5 4 -20%
Colona 15 18 2 2 0%
Port Byron 8 4 3 1 -67%
Geneseo 13 13 6 4 -33%
Rural Rock Island County & Milan 45 62 37 26 -30%
Silvis 22 8 3 5 +67%
Whiteside County 20 48 34 33 -3%
Iowa City Area 436 534 410 383 -7%
Iowa City 86 113 85 94 +11%
Coralville 79 78 24 57 +138%
North Liberty 206 278 243 167 -31%
Rural Johnson County 39 41 45 35 -22%
West Branch 10 6 6 5 -17%
Williamsburg & Wellman 11 14 7 19 +171%
West Liberty 5 4 0 6 +100%
Cedar Rapids Area 526 499 500 468 -6%
Cedar Rapids 285 226 252 278 +10%
Marion 171 183 182 126 -31%
Rural Linn County 64 71 54 54 0%
Hiawatha & Mechanicsville Areas 6 19 12 10 -17%
Dubuque Area 381 340 229 291 +27%
Dubuque 66 72 46 54 +17%
East Dubuque 2 0 0 28 +100%
Galena 6 3 1 3 +200%
Jo Daviess County 103 80 58 30 -48%
Peosta 19 16 16 11 -31%
Surrounding Dubuque Area 185 169 108 165 +53%
Muscatine Area 57 49 37 28 -24%
Muscatine 16 15 8 14 +75%
Muscatine County 36 32 26 13 -50%
Wilton 5 2 3 1 -67%
Other Areas – Clinton, DeWitt & MaquoketaClinton 50 41 39 18 -54%
DeWitt Area 8 4 7 2 -71%
Maquoketa, Preston & Bellevue 7 9 5 1 -80%
Total Regional Starts 2,152 2,036 1,611 1,475 -8%
(Source: Municipal offices. There may be additional new homes built which are not included with this data.)
2006 2007 2008 2009% Changefrom 2008
As much as we in the Midwest like to think
we are insulated from the tremendous swings
in the market often experienced by the coasts
and some larger markets, the truth is – this
time we are in it too! Developers and
builders in our region continue to suffer
through a drought when it comes to
financing being available for anything from
a single spec home to any kind of new
development. Loans that are already on the
books are being scrutinized very closely,
with new appraisals and cash calls becoming
very common among builders and
developers of all sizes and capabilities. This
has resulted in a situation where shrinking
new home sales becomes a “self-fulfilling
prophesy” as spec inventories dwindle and
cannot be replaced, and pre-sold
opportunities are missed because of
tightened lending practices for both
consumers and builders.
In the region served by Ruhl&Ruhl
REALTORS, while the year-to-date sales of
all new residences is down from the same
period in ‘08, there are some signs of stability
and a few bright spots. The three largest new
construction markets within our region are
the Quad Cities, the Iowa City area and
Dubuque. Of the three, Dubuque has shown
the most stability, as unit sales recorded are
exactly equal to the same nine month period
in ‘08. Overall, Quad Cities market unit sales
have dropped 23% in the same period and
the Iowa City market is off by 26%.
Hardest hit in all of these markets is the
sale of free-standing houses. The three major
markets combined have suffered a 48%
reduction in sales so far this year, as
compared to the same period in ‘08. But,
sales of condos, townhomes and zero lot line
residences are up 13% across these same
markets. The net result is still a loss of 26%
in unit sales for these three markets but a
56% increase in market share for condos,
townhomes and zero lot line homes. An
additional underlying factor is that a
relatively high percentage of the condo sales
increase is in a price range of $150,000 and
less, meaning that fewer dollars were spent
and there was less “ripple effect” in our
HARD Facts AboutOur SOFT New
Construction Market
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Regi
(NOTE: This representation is based in part on data suData maintained by the Boards or their MLS may not r
Iowa Quad Cities (Quad City Area Realtor Assoc.)
Davenport
Bettendorf & Riverdale
Blue Grass, Buffalo & Walcott
Pleasant Valley & LeClaire
North Scott
Miscellaneous
Condominiums
Illinois Quad Cities (Quad City Area Realtor Assoc
Rock Island
Milan & Rural Rock Island County
Moline
Coal Valley, Rural Moline, Miscellaneous
East Moline & Silvis
Colona, Green Rock, Port Byron, Upper Rock Island
Mercer County
Henry County South
Henry County North, Geneseo, Whiteside
Condominiums
Iowa City Area (Iowa City Area Assoc. of Realtors)
Iowa City
Coralville
North Liberty, Oxford, Tiffin & Conroy
Tipton & West Branch
West Liberty, Lone Tree & Hills
Williamsburg, Kalona, Wellman & Riverside
Corridor Area
Miscellaneous
Cedar Rapids Area (Cedar Rapids Area Assoc. of
South East Cedar Rapids
North East Cedar Rapids
South West Cedar Rapids
North West Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha & Robins
East of I-380: Mechanicsville, Anamosa, Mt. Vernon,
West of I-380: Walford, Fairfax, Atkins, etc.
Corridor Area: Solon, Ely, Swisher
Dubuque Area (Dubuque Board of Realtors)
Dubuque
North, South and West Dubuque
Illinois
Wisconsin
Muscatine Area (Muscatine Board of Realtors)
Muscatine
Wilton
Muscatine Outlying
Condominiums
Clinton, Camanche, Fulton Areas (Clinton Board
DeWitt Area (Quad City Area Realtor Assoc.)
Maquoketa, Preston & Bellevue Area (Jackson Co
Wisconsin (South Central Wisconsin MLS)
Grant County
Lafayette County
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2009 Through September
RuhlHomes.com ~ Totally New:Look, Functionality & Information
On September 1, Ruhl&Ruhl
REALTORS launched an improved, even
easier to use website, with additional
bells and whistles to provide much more
information, faster to our customers.
RuhlHomes.com, the #1 real estate
website in the area for 10 years, provides
detailed information on over 11,000
properties from ten different Multiple
Listing Services in the region, including
the Iowa/Illinois Quad Cities region;
Cedar Rapids, Clinton,
Dubuque, Iowa City,
Muscatine, Jackson
County, IA; DeKalb
and Sauk Valley, IL;
Southwest, WI; and the Realtors Land
Institute.
The website includes larger photos
and Guided Tours, and gives users the
ability to search available properties on
an interactive map. In addition, listing
information is updated more frequently
from each multiple listing service,
showing new listings and updates
several times a day, instead of once
every 24 hours, as it was previously.
The website also improved its current
Personal Shopper, a feature that allows
customers to be the first to know about
new listings through pre-registered
property search criteria. Customers can
now create multiple saved searches,
receive email notifications and new
properties that meet desired
specifications, and have the ability to
save any properties to their “Favorites”
to view at a later date.
For Ruhl&Ruhl clients, the new site
offers Seller Activity Reports, which
include web visit counts and information
on local competing properties, including
new listings and price changes, among
others. These reports are emailed weekly
to each client who currently has a
property listed with Ruhl&Ruhl.
In addition, each Ruhl&Ruhl agent
also has their own website, allowing
consumers more avenues to search for
properties and giving them access to
listings right from their agent’s website.
Additional benefits to users include:
• Easy to use property search, by map,
address, MLS #, price range, school
district, new construction and more.
• Market pricing trends, competitive
market analysis and other reports
available online for an overview of the
market and how your home compares.
• Online applications for a pre-approved
loan with 1862 Mortgage, a partner of
Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS.
• New construction subdivision
informat ion and
ability to learn about
the many quality
builders represented
by Ruhl&Ruhl.
• Home Services Vendors listings that
provide resources for home repair,
information on how to hook up
utilities, and move preparation.
• Relocation information including
welcome packets and community
tours, cost of living comparisons,
schools, taxes and much more.
• From the website, users can download
Mobile Ruhl, an application used to
search and provide real estate listing
information on your cell phone.
Mobile Ruhl displays listings on a
map, has GPS capabilities to show
properties for sale in the area around
the user’s location and allows users to
view real time property information,
such as photos, square footage,
number of bedrooms and bathrooms,
and other property details. Consumers
are able to refine their search to see
almost any listing in eastern Iowa,
western Illinois and southwestern
Wisconsin using their personal cell
phones, whether it is listed by
Ruhl&Ruhl or another company.
In addition, Ruhl&Ruhl also updated
the look and function of the company’s
blog, www.RuhlBlog.com. The blog
includes real estate trends, facts and
information. It is accessible through the
new website as well.
Visit www.RuhlHomes.com to view
all the new capabilities and improved
functions Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS has
to offer.
RuhlHomes.com ~ seeproperties for sale from tenMLS’s in the region...
ional Residential Real Estate Ac tiv i ty
upplied by the REALTOR Associations or their Multiple List ing Services. Neither the Boards nor their MLS guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy.reflect all real estate activity in the market.)
964 $160,800 $240,224,900 1,494 97% 1,663 $164,500 $273,535,600
459 48% 124,400 98,748,900 794 53% 96% 907 129,000 117,007,300
175 18% 249,500 75,360,000 302 20% 97% 329 247,400 81,397,900
58 6% 172,800 10,024,900 58 4% 96% 58 164,700 9,552,700
51 5% 223,800 11,414,600 51 3% 97% 61 246,100 15,013,000
68 7% 205,600 15,827,400 77 5% 96% 93 213,900 19,892,300
30 3% 99,500 2,287,600 23 2% 92% 24 108,400 2,600,600
123 13% 140,500 26,561,500 189 13% 98% 191 147,000 28,071,700
c.) 972 $114,000 $143,340,100 1,257 96% 1,414 $111,800 $158,070,600
163 17% 94,800 20,087,300 212 17% 95% 246 87,400 21,492,600
65 7% 129,400 10,348,800 80 6% 95% 89 116,700 10,387,600
160 16% 103,200 31,585,800 306 24% 95% 323 108,100 34,926,200
29 3% 190,000 8,742,000 46 4% 96% 53 149,600 7,928,100
104 11% 100,700 14,096,500 140 11% 95% 186 97,000 18,041,500
Co. 60 6% 167,900 9,571,200 57 5% 95% 60 161,800 9,707,600
79 8% 93,200 9,694,200 104 8% 96% 114 80,500 9,174,000
58 6% 100,600 6,737,400 67 5% 96% 61 107,400 6,553,000
129 13% 129,500 21,878,400 169 13% 96% 201 132,000 26,526,300
125 13% 139,500 10,598,500 76 7% 96% 81 164,600 13,333,800
) 1,580 $183,200 $346,022,800 1,889 93% 1,954 $183,900 $359,302,200
580 36% 199,100 140,956,000 708 38% 95% 728 197,100 143,520,400
214 14% 223,100 55,773,300 250 13% 97% 272 233,700 63,578,500
271 17% 166,300 83,810,400 504 27% 98% 444 168,900 74,974,600
40 3% 134,900 6,880,100 51 3% 95% 61 155,900 9,510,500
57 4% 138,400 5,534,800 40 2% 95% 42 145,300 6,101,600
108 7% 150,700 15,525,400 103 5% 95% 96 153,400 14,731,100
86 5% 210,500 11,369,000 54 3% 97% 60 218,100 13,087,800
224 14% 146,200 26,173,900 179 9% 97% 251 134,700 33,797,900
Realtors) 1,574 $150,300 $423,530,600 2,818 97% 3,128 $152,000 $475,558,300
185 12% 134,100 43,324,900 323 11% 97% 309 126,400 39,057,100
180 11% 155,700 80,970,800 520 18% 97% 539 154,800 83,427,100
151 10% 138,300 55,438,400 401 14% 98% 470 134,000 62,980,200
99 6% 126,600 31,399,700 248 9% 97% 290 137,000 39,731,200
215 14% 167,100 77,883,000 466 17% 98% 567 173,200 98,216,400
45 3% 228,900 16,255,100 71 3% 98% 86 257,000 22,099,400
Lisbon, etc. 408 26% 142,500 56,014,600 393 14% 95% 409 142,800 58,406,200
144 9% 137,400 29,954,500 218 8% 93% 305 138,300 42,195,700
147 9% 181,400 32,289,600 178 6% 98% 153 192,500 29,445,100
704 $153,500 $106,682,100 695 94% 801 $143,000 $114,510,700
450 64% 157,700 74,262,400 512 74% 97% 586 144,000 84,403,100
182 26% 150,800 18,957,900 127 18% 95% 153 145,000 22,189,000
37 5% 96,700 1,741,300 18 3% 84% 26 132,600 3,447,600
35 5% 111,700 4,244,000 38 5% 89% 36 124,200 4,471,000
298 $125,900 $42,286,400 336 94% 375 $125,600 $47,108,900
181 61% 121,400 28,282,700 233 69% 95% 261 126,900 33,118,100
19 6% 140,000 4,199,200 30 9% 92% 35 135,700 4,748,700
71 24% 118,500 7,347,100 61 18% 95% 64 109,500 7,005,100
27 9% 213,500 2,561,500 12 4% 94% 15 149,100 2,237,100
of Realtors) 262 $96,600 $28,985,900 300 95% 346 $103,000 $35,651,500
64 $138,300 $10,507,700 76 92% 82 $141,600 $11,612,700
ounty MLS) 57 $112,700 $9,578,400 85 93% 103 $112,700 $11,612,700
436 $125,200 $36,314,700 290 84% 236 $142,700 $33,676,900
300 69% 114,700 25,960,000 224 77% 85% 181 135,900 24,603,600
136 31% 156,900 10,354,700 66 23% 84% 55 165,000 9,073,300
Current % of Active 2009 Avg. 2009 Sales 2009 % o Unit Sale/ 2008 2008 Avg. 2008 Sales
MLS Listings Listings Sales Price Volume # Sold Sales List # Sold Sales Price Volume
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Ruhl&Ruhl Adds Property Management to Services
According to the Federal Housing
Finance Agency, home prices fell
nationally 6.1% from the second quarter
of 2008 to the second quarter of 2009.
In our markets, as shown to the right,
home prices increased: 0.14% in Cedar
Rapids; 0.84% in Dubuque; and 1.25%
in Iowa City; and decreased only 0.43%
in the Quad Cities. Additionally, of the
296 MSA’s (Metropolitan Statistical
Areas) ranked by appreciation, our
markets ranked highly, all in the top 35%
– Iowa City at 20th; Dubuque at 33rd;
Cedar Rapids at 64th; and the Quad
Cities at 93rd.
Prices in our region have been stable
in the lower price ranges, $150,000 and
under, due in part to the demand
triggered by the first-time homebuyer
tax credit. The depreciation we have
seen has been in the higher priced homes
– as sellers who were transferred or had
to sell chose to cut their carrying costs
and accepted lower offers, thereby
pulling down comparable sold
information and future appraised values.
Home Prices Stable Here Compared toNational Price Depreciation
Cedar Rapids, IA 64 +0.14% +9.23%
Davenport - Moline - Rock Island, IA - IL 93 -0.43% +14.47%
DesMoines - West DesMoines, IA 99 -0.56% +10.95%
Dubuque, IA 33 +0.84% +16.11%
Iowa City, IA 20 +1.25% +14.28%
USA -6.13% +6.70%
Percent Changein House PricesMetropolitan
Statistical Areas
National Rankingby Appreciationof 296 MSA’s* 1 Year 5 Years
Information courtesy of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for second quarter 2009. FHFA statsalways run one quarter behind. Their full report is accessible at www.fhfa.gov.*Rankings based on annual percentage change in house prices.
Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS now has a
Property Management Department,
expanding their services to better assist
their clients.
The Ruhl&Ruhl Property Management
Department provides comprehensive
property management to a wide range of
clients – from the investor with one or
two properties to large
apartment complexes.
The focus is on
residential property
management and tenant
placement services for
both renters and owners
of rental property. In
addition, the department
will provide assistance
and education in
purchasing investment real estate.
The division will initially service the
immediate Quad Cities area, with future
plans for expansion into Ruhl&Ruhl’s
additional markets, including Iowa City,
Dubuque, and Muscatine, Iowa.
“We are excited to offer this service to
property owners and tenants,” said Jason
Young, Ruhl&Ruhl Senior Property
Manager/Broker. “Our expertise and
tools to service our owners and potential
tenants will ensure the highest customer
satisfaction and timely response.”
The division operates using the
sophisticated Yardi Accounting System,
supplying owners with customized
reports and operating costs. “The team
also works to
enhance the
value of the
property by
preserving
the exis t ing
income stream
and minimizing
a n y l o s s ,”
Young added.
In addition,
the Ruhl&Ruhl Property Management
Department provides:
• Full management services for
investment or residential properties.
• From placing renters to managing
the property; to evictions and court
appearances.
• 24 hour emergency support.
• Reliable maintenance and repair
vendors.
• Professional property management
tracking software.
• Monthly reporting to owners.
• Tenant placement (owners):
• Rental market analysis.
• Advertising for the property.
• Provide qualified, screened renters.
• Turn the property and tenant over to
the owner for private management.
• Tenant Placement (renters):
• Tenant representation.
• Show potential renters the area and
available rentals.
• Follow-up to ensure customer
satisfaction and maintain relationship.
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• Show available executive rentals.
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Scott County 267 195 131 -33% 253 219 160 -27%
Houses 158 105 80 -24% 162 157 104 -34%
Condos/Villas 109 90 51 -43% 91 62 56 -10%
Rock Island County 101 49 47 -4% 48 33 35 +6%
Houses 52 20 13 -35% 32 20 12 -40%
Condos/Villas 49 29 34 +17% 16 13 23 +77%
Scott & Rock Island Counties Combined 368 244 178 -27% 301 252 195 -23%
Houses 210 125 93 -26% 194 177 116 -34%
Condos/Villas 158 119 85 -29% 107 75 79 +5%
*Note: 2009 Active Inventory reflects homes under construction or completed. This year it does not include homes listed as “To Be Built.”(Source: Quad City Area REALTOR Association Multiple List ing Service. Data may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.)
Quad Cities New Construction Home SalesActive
Inventory9/30/07
Sales2008
Sales2007
ActiveInventory
9/30/08Sales2009
ActiveInventory
9/30/09*
Inventory2009
vs. 2008
Sales2009
vs. 2008Through September
Combined Iowa & Illinois Quad Cities MLS Statistics2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Current MLS Listings 2,024 2,181 2,188 2,162 1,936
Average Sales Price $138,100 $138,900 $140,700 $140,300 $139,400
4otal Sales Volume $509,209,300 $498,979,000 $481,612,000 $431,606,200 $383,565,000
Total # of Sales YTD 3,687 3,592 3,424 3,077 2,751
Through September
increase of 12% in properties for sale in
September of this year compared to
September of last year, a step up from
1,406 last year to 1,580 homes and
condominiums currently on the market. In
September of 2008, listings were down
19% compared to the same period in 2007.
Properties Sold: Sales have decreased
3% from 1,954 properties sold through
the first nine months of 2008 to 1,889
sales closed through September of 2009.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price of homes sold in the Iowa City
region did not change. Through
September of 2009, the sales price was
$183,200, compared to $183,900 in 2008.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
shrank 4%, decreasing from
$359,203,200 through the first nine
months of 2008 to $346,022,800 in 2009.
Maquoketa, Preston & BellevueListing Inventory: There are 57
properties for sale in the Maquoketa,
Preston, and Bellevue area, 34% less than
the 86 properties listed in September of
2008. This follows a 30% decrease in
2008, compared to 2007.
Properties Sold: 17% fewer properties
sold through the first nine months of 2009
than 2008, a decrease from 103 sales last
year to 85 sales this year.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price of homes sold through September
of 2009 was $112,700, no change from 2008.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
shrank by 14%, from $11,084,300
through September of 2008 to $9,578,400
through September of 2009.
Muscatine & Wilton AreaListing Inventory: There are 298 homes
and condominiums listed for sale in the
Muscatine and Wilton area, 5% less than
the same period in 2008 when there were
314 properties for sale.
Properties Sold: There were 10% fewer
residential properties sold through the
first nine months of 2009 than 2008,
comparing 336 sales this year to 375 sales
last year.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price in the Muscatine area was $125,900
as of September 30, 2009, slightly higher
than the $125,600 average sales price last
year during this period.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
is down 10% in the Muscatine area year
to date, a decrease from $47,108,900 to
$42,286,400 in 2009.
Southwest WisconsinListing Inventory: There are 436
properties for sale in the southwest
Wisconsin region.
Properties Sold: There were 23% more
properties sold and closed year to date,
compared to last year, an increase from
236 closings in 2008 to 290 closings
through September of this year.
Average Sales Price: The average sales
price of homes sold through September
of 2009 was $125,200, compared to the
average sales price of $142,700 through
September of 2008, a 12% decrease.
Residential Sales Volume: Sales volume
year to date of $36,314,700 was up 8%
from last year’s sales volume of
$33,676,900.
various communities’ economies. Overall,
the decrease in sales volume is far greater
than the drop in number of properties sold.
As condo, townhome and zero lot line
home sales have increased from 35% to
55% of sales, their inventory levels have
fallen from 54% to 51% of the market,
leaving an overall market inventory that is
14% smaller than at the end of ’08, but
more balanced with current sales activity.
– Communities continued from page 2
– New Construction continued from page 3
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Regional Residential Real Estate Ac tiv i ty
(NOTE: This representation is based in part on data supplied by the REALTOR Associations or their Multiple List ing Services. Neither the Boards nor their MLS guarantee or is in any way responsible for its accuracy.Data maintained by the Boards or their MLS may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.)
Iowa Quad Cities (Quad City Area Realtor Assoc.) 964 $160,800 $240,224,900 1,494 97% 1,663 $164,500 $273,535,600
Davenport 459 48% 124,400 98,748,900 794 53% 96% 907 129,000 117,007,300
Bettendorf & Riverdale 175 18% 249,500 75,360,000 302 20% 97% 329 247,400 81,397,900
Blue Grass, Buffalo & Walcott 58 6% 172,800 10,024,900 58 4% 96% 58 164,700 9,552,700
Pleasant Valley & LeClaire 51 5% 223,800 11,414,600 51 3% 97% 61 246,100 15,013,000
North Scott 68 7% 205,600 15,827,400 77 5% 96% 93 213,900 19,892,300
Miscellaneous 30 3% 99,500 2,287,600 23 2% 92% 24 108,400 2,600,600
Condominiums 123 13% 140,500 26,561,500 189 13% 98% 191 147,000 28,071,700
Illinois Quad Cities (Quad City Area Realtor Assoc.) 972 $114,000 $143,340,100 1,257 96% 1,414 $111,800 $158,070,600
Rock Island 163 17% 94,800 20,087,300 212 17% 95% 246 87,400 21,492,600
Milan & Rural Rock Island County 65 7% 129,400 10,348,800 80 6% 95% 89 116,700 10,387,600
Moline 160 16% 103,200 31,585,800 306 24% 95% 323 108,100 34,926,200
Coal Valley, Rural Moline, Miscellaneous 29 3% 190,000 8,742,000 46 4% 96% 53 149,600 7,928,100
East Moline & Silvis 104 11% 100,700 14,096,500 140 11% 95% 186 97,000 18,041,500
Colona, Green Rock, Port Byron, Upper Rock Island Co. 60 6% 167,900 9,571,200 57 5% 95% 60 161,800 9,707,600
Mercer County 79 8% 93,200 9,694,200 104 8% 96% 114 80,500 9,174,000
Henry County South 58 6% 100,600 6,737,400 67 5% 96% 61 107,400 6,553,000
Henry County North, Geneseo, Whiteside 129 13% 129,500 21,878,400 169 13% 96% 201 132,000 26,526,300
Condominiums 125 13% 139,500 10,598,500 76 7% 96% 81 164,600 13,333,800
Iowa City Area (Iowa City Area Assoc. of Realtors) 1,580 $183,200 $346,022,800 1,889 93% 1,954 $183,900 $359,302,200
Iowa City 580 36% 199,100 140,956,000 708 38% 95% 728 197,100 143,520,400
Coralville 214 14% 223,100 55,773,300 250 13% 97% 272 233,700 63,578,500
North Liberty, Oxford, Tiffin & Conroy 271 17% 166,300 83,810,400 504 27% 98% 444 168,900 74,974,600
Tipton & West Branch 40 3% 134,900 6,880,100 51 3% 95% 61 155,900 9,510,500
West Liberty, Lone Tree & Hills 57 4% 138,400 5,534,800 40 2% 95% 42 145,300 6,101,600
Williamsburg, Kalona, Wellman & Riverside 108 7% 150,700 15,525,400 103 5% 95% 96 153,400 14,731,100
Corridor Area 86 5% 210,500 11,369,000 54 3% 97% 60 218,100 13,087,800
Miscellaneous 224 14% 146,200 26,173,900 179 9% 97% 251 134,700 33,797,900
Cedar Rapids Area (Cedar Rapids Area Assoc. of Realtors) 1,574 $150,300 $423,530,600 2,818 97% 3,128 $152,000 $475,558,300
South East Cedar Rapids 185 12% 134,100 43,324,900 323 11% 97% 309 126,400 39,057,100
North East Cedar Rapids 180 11% 155,700 80,970,800 520 18% 97% 539 154,800 83,427,100
South West Cedar Rapids 151 10% 138,300 55,438,400 401 14% 98% 470 134,000 62,980,200
North West Cedar Rapids 99 6% 126,600 31,399,700 248 9% 97% 290 137,000 39,731,200
Marion 215 14% 167,100 77,883,000 466 17% 98% 567 173,200 98,216,400
Hiawatha & Robins 45 3% 228,900 16,255,100 71 3% 98% 86 257,000 22,099,400
East of I-380: Mechanicsville, Anamosa, Mt. Vernon, Lisbon, etc. 408 26% 142,500 56,014,600 393 14% 95% 409 142,800 58,406,200
West of I-380: Walford, Fairfax, Atkins, etc. 144 9% 137,400 29,954,500 218 8% 93% 305 138,300 42,195,700
Corridor Area: Solon, Ely, Swisher 147 9% 181,400 32,289,600 178 6% 98% 153 192,500 29,445,100
Dubuque Area (Dubuque Board of Realtors) 704 $153,500 $106,682,100 695 94% 801 $143,000 $114,510,700
Dubuque 450 64% 157,700 74,262,400 512 74% 97% 586 144,000 84,403,100
North, South and West Dubuque 182 26% 150,800 18,957,900 127 18% 95% 153 145,000 22,189,000
Illinois 37 5% 96,700 1,741,300 18 3% 84% 26 132,600 3,447,600
Wisconsin 35 5% 111,700 4,244,000 38 5% 89% 36 124,200 4,471,000
Muscatine Area (Muscatine Board of Realtors) 298 $125,900 $42,286,400 336 94% 375 $125,600 $47,108,900
Muscatine 181 61% 121,400 28,282,700 233 69% 95% 261 126,900 33,118,100
Wilton 19 6% 140,000 4,199,200 30 9% 92% 35 135,700 4,748,700
Muscatine Outlying 71 24% 118,500 7,347,100 61 18% 95% 64 109,500 7,005,100
Condominiums 27 9% 213,500 2,561,500 12 4% 94% 15 149,100 2,237,100
Clinton, Camanche, Fulton Areas (Clinton Board of Realtors) 262 $96,600 $28,985,900 300 95% 346 $103,000 $35,651,500
DeWitt Area (Quad City Area Realtor Assoc.) 64 $138,300 $10,507,700 76 92% 82 $141,600 $11,612,700
Maquoketa, Preston & Bellevue Area (Jackson County MLS) 57 $112,700 $9,578,400 85 93% 103 $112,700 $11,612,700
Wisconsin (South Central Wisconsin MLS) 436 $125,200 $36,314,700 290 84% 236 $142,700 $33,676,900
Grant County 300 69% 114,700 25,960,000 224 77% 85% 181 135,900 24,603,600
Lafayette County 136 31% 156,900 10,354,700 66 23% 84% 55 165,000 9,073,300
Current % of Active 2009 Avg. 2009 Sales 2009 % o Unit Sale/ 2008 2008 Avg. 2008 Sales
MLS Listings Listings Sales Price Volume # Sold Sales List # Sold Sales Price Volume2009 Through September