Looking for a new home and want a list of all the open houses in Southwest Iowa?  Visit our www.swiopenhouses.com website today!  We average 85 open houses for consumers to tour each weekend!   The Southwest Iowa Association of REALTORS has 120 open houses available for you to see this weekend March 27th & 28th!  April 10th and 11th is designated as the Nation wide open house weekend!  Get out and take a look at all the homes for sale in your area.  Think location, location, location!

NP Dodge Council Bluffs will be holding its first Parade of Pre-Owned Homes Sunday March 28, 2010, from 1-5 P.M. With only 33 days left to get property under contract to take advantage of the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit and the Extended Home Buyer Tax Credit, we want to make the most homes available for the most people to see. We will have 50 homes on the Parade, in various price ranges for two hour time blocks. Let your clients know so they can go out and see a lot of homes and find the right one for them. Feel free to come and preview homes as well. Buyer drawing, and fun at every home.   A full list of homes is available at the link.    Information provided by Gloria Ruesch, NP Dodge Real Estate Summary Statistics for entire MLS as of Friday, March 26, 2010.  Date range is 2/1/10 thru 2/28/10  All property types  and status is active only- 218 new listings, total list volume is $31,994,258, median list price is $135,000 and average list price is $146,762.

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Summary Statistics for Entire MLS as of Friday, March 26, 2010.  Date range is 2/1/10 thru 2/28/10  Property type is Residential and status is closed listings.  Total sold is 77, total list volume is $8,405,770, median list price is $87,500, average list price is $109,165, total sold volume $7,980,512, median sold price $83,000, average sold price $103,643 and sold price to list price 94.94.

Price Range Statistics  for entire MLS  for date range 2/1/10 thru 2/28/10  Residential Property Type and Closed Status.  The average price for the 77 properties is $103,643, the highest price is $525,000, the median price is $83,000, the lowest price is $4,250.  The average market time is 126.

Year over Year Comparison reports that Single Family property type average sale price is showing up by 3% for 2010 compared to last year at this time.  Total active listings are -2% this year compared to last year and new listings are up 12%.

There are 227 active REALTOR Members of the Southwest Iowa Association of REALTORS!  Check out our website at www.swiar.org.

Statistics are deemed to be reliable, but is not garanteed.