Regional New Construction Home Sales Active Inventory 3/31/11
Through March
261 129 132 62 45 17 22 10 12 116 71 45 325 139 186 786
Cedar Rapids Area Houses Condos/Villas Dubuque Area Houses Condos/Villas Illinois Quad Cities (Rock Island County) Houses Condos/Villas Iowa Quad Cities (Scott County) Houses Condos/Villas Iowa City Area Houses Condos/Villas Total Regional Combined
Active Inventory 3/31/12
212 127 85 76 52 24 23 7 16 104 57 47 198 95 103 613
Active Inventory 3/31/13
161 102 59 42 34 8 20 4 16 91 50 41 274 151 123 588
% Change in Inventory from 2012
Sales 2011
-24% -20% -31% -45% -35% -67% -13% -43% 0% -13% -12% -13% +38% +59% +19% -4%
74 58 16 5 5 0 9 8 1 34 20 14 56 32 24 178
Sales 2012
65 42 23 11 10 1 7 6 1 46 35 11 53 23 30 182
Sales 2013
71 46 25 14 14 0 1 1 0 39 34 5 38 17 21 163
% Change in Sales from 2012
+9% +10% +9% +27% +40% -100% -86% -83% -100% -15% -3% -55% -28% -26% -30% -10%
Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS Ranked Iowa’s Largest Privately Owned Real Estate Company Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS was once again ranked the largest privately-owned real estate company in Iowa, according to RISMedia’s 2013 Power Broker Report. The report ranks the top 500 real estate companies in the country according to the number of transactions and sales volume. Ruhl&Ruhl ranked 82nd in the country for the number of home sale transactions closed, which was 5,049 in 2012. Ruhl&Ruhl’s all-inclusive sales Company Name
Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS Skogman Realty, Cedar Rapids Mel Foster Co., Quad Cities Coldwell Banker Mid-America Group, Des Moines
volume was $807,533,527*. Including non-residential transactions, Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS closed 5,168 deals or 18.1 transactions per agent which places Ruhl&Ruhl agents among the most productive in the country. The National Association of Realtors reports an average of 7 sales per agent nationally. “2012 was a wonderful year for Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS - our sales volume grew by 36.2% and we had 24.5% more transactions than the prior
year,” said Caroline Ruhl, President of Ruhl&Ruhl REALTORS. “And it looks like 2013 will be even better!” “We are excited and proud to earn this ranking,” Ruhl said. “I have been blessed to be surrounded by the best people in our business. At the end of the day, it always comes down to having the right people.” To view the 2013 Power Broker Report, visit this link, http://remag.rismedia.com/i/118999.
Transactions Rank
Transactions
Sales Volume*
Total Offices
Total Agents
Transactions Per Agents
82
5,049
$749,811,624
11
286
17.7
128
3,780
$626,111,380
5
219
17.3
152
3,225
$472,597,438
9
224
14.4
183
2,900
$482,936,760
8
192
15.1
*The RIS ranking and report is based on residential sales only. It excludes farms, land, commercial and other non-residential properties.
Combined Iowa & Illinois Quad Cities MLS Statistics Through March
Current MLS Listings Average Sales Price Total Sales Volume Total # of Sales YTD 6 • RuhlHomes.com
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1,887 $130,300 $82,355,400 632
1,804 $129,000 $87,047,000 675
1,869 $120,400 $75,259,800 625
1,666 $136,500 $100,903,800 739
1,456 $135,200 $113,063,400 836
% Change 2012 vs. 2013 -13% -1% +12% +13%