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Washington, DC - June 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Today, Congressman Loebsack announced $1.6 million in FEMA funds from the Hazard Mitigation Program for Linn County. The acquisition will protect the community from future damages while reducing emergency response and evacuation costs. The properties include flood damaged residential properties along the Wapsipinicon and Cedar rivers in Linn County, Iowa.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Senator Chuck Grassley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Rural Development has awarded a loan guarantee of $120,000 and a grant of $90,000 to the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society in Clarinda through the Community Facility Guaranteed Loan and Grant Program.

April 01, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Jackson Street Reconstruction: 22nd Street to 24th Street – This total reconstruction project, which is a continuation of what was constructed last summer, requires the closure of Jackson Street between 22nd Street and 24th Street. North bound traffic will be detoured west one block to Nebraska, then north two blocks on Nebraska to 24th Street, then east one block back to Jackson Street. South bound traffic will be detoured one block west to Nebraska, then south two blocks to 22nd Street, then east one block back to Jackson Street. In addition, beginning this Thursday, April 2, 2009, and continuing for approximately two weeks, Road Closed to Thru Traffic on Jackson Street will be used from 21st to 22nd Street and from 24th to 25th Street.

January 22, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — The Midtown Family Community Center (MFCC), located at 525 14th Street, will be holding an open house event on Friday, January 23. Events for youth and adults will be available and will include various youth activities, a chili feed, Jones Street Neighborhood Social. Additionally, information on the City’s housing rehabilitation program will be available for property owners

Our nation is mired in a housing crisis created by poor management of home mortgages. Because of this crisis many Iowa families are currently...

Home sales across the state fell about 3 percent last year over 2006, a new report shows, while the statewide median sale price was...

The Iowa Department of Administrative Services (DAS) received approval to purchase nearly five acres and the hospital adjacent to the Capitol Complex DES MOINES...

From the University of Iowa News Services Office University of Iowa graduate Ted Seldin and his wife, Sarah, of Omaha, Neb., have made a gift...

The local real estate market should not be compared to the downward-turning national market, a local group of Realtors said Monday. The Iowa City...

The Des Moines area's luxury housing market has blossomed in the past year, as downtown condos rise, suburban estates expand and south-of-Grand mansions get...

Sales of existing homes in Iowa were up 4.1 percent during the April-June quarter, the second-fastest growth rate in the country, a real estate...

Sales were cool, but developers found there were plenty of would-be apartment dwellers. Want to experience downtown living without a mortgage? There are now more...

By Mark Geary, Reporter IOWA CITY - Turn on just about any news show or read any newspaper and you're bound to see or hear...