With all the IBM talk locally and the dour economic news nationally, it can be hard to guess which way local housing prices will go.  Take a second to answer this poll and we’ll see what readers of River Banks to Corn Fields think… 

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 As with any post, your comments and questions are encouraged…

UPDATE (2/5/09 @ 1:00PM CST) The poll is now closed and it seems the consensus is that the Dubuque market will stay about the same, with a couple folks believing will go up slightly, and a few believing it will fall back slightly.

Personally, I’m in the Up a Bit column.  The IBM thing is great and will definitely impact the local market, but the drag being felt by national economic conditions will hold us back a little further that we normally could expect with a project as big as IBM coming to Dubuque.