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Iowa State Overview

Capital: Des Moines

Estimated 2004 population: 2,954,451

Change from 2000: + 28,127

2004 housing units: 1,292,976

Housing units change from 2000-2004: + 57,677

 

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Ames | Boone | Burlington | Davenport | Des Moines | Dubuque | Cedar Falls | Cedar Rapids | Mason City | Sioux City | Spencer | Waterloo

 

Iowa Economy

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Iowa housing market escaped real estate bubble

The Cedar Valley did not experience the rapid increase in home prices some other areas of the country did. For the bubble to break, you have to have an oversupply of homes and a bad economy, and Cedar Falls did not have either one of those.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls housing market took a step backward in the first quarter of 2007, and some of the warning signs of a slump are present. But most area experts agree the dip in the local market is nothing more than a blip on the radar.
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