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Iowa Real Estate Trends
Sunday, March 18th, 2011
How healthy is the Iowa real estate market? Will home owners in Iowa face the same challenges as residents in California? We take a closer look:
We wanted to find out if the Iowa real estate market was decreasing or increasing in terms of the number of sales and also housing prices. We contacted some real estate professionals at Iowa Real Estate to find out and here is what they said.
We interviewed six agents listed on the Iowa real estate.com website and each believed that the market overall was healthy. In addition to that, there was a mixed response regarding the housing prices indicator. Some said that housing prices were increasing and some believed they were staying the same. None believed that the market or demand for houses were driving prices down.
[NEWS] Collective bargaining overhaul dies in Iowa Senate
Monday, March 7th, 2011
An Iowa bill that limits public workers' collective bargaining rights and requires them to pay more for health care is over, at least for now.
The protests and debate led by pro-union demonstrators came to fruition when the bill was approved by the Republican controlled House on Friday.
The bill reached the Senate on Monday, where Democrats hold the majority. Senate Labor Committee chairman Wally Horn, a Democrat from Cedar Rapids, reasoned that there weren't enough votes to bring it out of the committee. He declared the issue dead for the rest of the session.
Besides paying toward health care, the bill wouldn't allow workers to negotiate or vote on layoff procedures and would give arbitrators new options when state and union negotiators can't agree.
Iowa Senate News
Monday, March 30th, 2011
Iowa senate news is dedicated to researching and reporting the latest news from around Iowa.
We follow subjects such as the Iowa state senate, real estate market and housing trends, communities, people making a difference, and more!
