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Iowa foreclosures up, home sales down

By Lynda Waddington 9/16/09

Industry experts report that Iowa saw a more than 20 percent increase in foreclosure rates this summer, and that the state experienced a significant overall decline in home sales. But it isn’t all bad news.

Farmland values soar as other real estate tanks

By Dien Judge 9/30/08

A survey released this month by the Iowa chapter of the Realtors Land Institute (RLI) showed a 6.6 percent increase in farmland values in just the last six months. Farmland values rose 17.6 percent in Iowa throughout the course of the last year, and an incredible 70 percent over the last five years.

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