North Fork Trials – 3480 Keymont – Stunning Virtual Tour

June 15, 2011

I’ve got a great set of listings for the North Fork Trails community in the heart of Dubuque’s west side. Part of that group of listings is the condo/townhouse at 3480 Keymont, a three bed, three bath, two-car garage walkout home with 2,200 square feet of living space. In providing great service for this set [...]

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Casino Impact on Dubuque

June 10, 2011

I stumbled on a quick news report out of Rockford, IL from WIFR.  The State of Illinois legislature is working on a bill to send to Governor Quinn to allow for a casino to be built in Rockford.  A couple of questions Rockfordians have had is what would be the overal economic impact of haivng [...]

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Drudge Report Foreclosure Shriek – Dubuque Shrugs

May 26, 2011

I visited DrudgeReport.com today to catch up on some news and much to my surprise there’s a banner headline saying that foreclosures are “astronomically high” .  OK, OK, I’m not quite so surprised… The Sun rises in the east and then sets in the west.  The headline links to an MSNBC.com article by Associated Press writer Alex Viega, here’s [...]

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Dubuque Real Estate by the Numbers – May 25, 2011

May 25, 2011

On the heels of yesterday’s positive jobs report for the Dubuque area, I thought it would be a good time to take a snapshot of the local real estate market.  Dubuque MLS sales in January and February of 2011 were of rock star status, having sold 91 homes, which is as good as sales for [...]

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Dubuque Jobs Outlook Improves – Unemployment Falls to 5.6%

May 24, 2011

In an awesome bit of new today, the Des Moines Register reported employment improvements in many Iowa metropolitan areas, including the Dubuque area which fell to 5.6% in April versus the 6.5% that was reported for March. This is also and improvement compared to the 5.9% figure we saw in April 2010. From the Register’s web site… [...]

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Dubuque Train Bridge Crossing – Time Lapse Video

May 17, 2011

From my vantage point on the 3rd floor of the Star Brewery Building, I was able to take another fun little video.  This time we’ve got a train arriving to Dubuque from the East Dubuque, Illinois side of the Mississippi River.  I’ve been seeing about 6 to 8 crossings per day, probably most being agricultural products going to [...]

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640 Crownline in Epworth – Video Tour

May 16, 2011

Here’s a great video for the listing at 640 Crownline in Epworth..listing details for 640 Crownline can be found HERE, enjoy… I’d say this is my best video effort so far, I’m learning to make edits and spalsh in some words now and then as needed throughtout the video.  In some of my earlier video work, I [...]

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Got QR Codes??? Ruhl & Ruhl in Dubuque Does…

May 16, 2011

Can you, or better yet, can your so-called Smart Phone (iPhone, Blackberry, or Android) read this goofy image?  In fact to the first person who e-mails me with the correct information that this image provides ( rob@riverbankstocornfields.com ), I’ll forward a Hy-Vee gift card…   Of course if your phone can read the above image, [...]

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Dubuque Train Bridge and River Barge Pass-Through

May 6, 2011

From the AWESOME new office I have at Ruhl & Ruhl Realtors in Dubuque in the Star Brewery building I get to watch activity on the Mississippi River.  The other day I captured a small barge passing through the Train Bridge between the Illinois and Iowa sides of the river and set it to a [...]

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Dubuque Real Estate by the Numbers – March 2, 2011

March 2, 2011

As promised yesterday, here are the latest stats the Dubuque housing market, namely the activity we’re seeing in the 52001, 02, & 03 zip codes.  Categorically, not a whole heck of a lot has changed since the last posting of Dubuque homes sales and stats.  We continue to hold onto about a six month supply of homes for sale [...]

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