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Selling Your Home During the Holidays: How to Make Your Home Shine
Selling your home during the holiday season can actually be a great opportunity. With the cozy atmosphere, festive décor, and warm vibes, buyers can instantly feel at home, and with the right guidance from Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors, you can use this time of year to your advantage.
Create a Warm, Cozy First Impression
To attract buyers, focus on staging your home so it feels warm and inviting while still showing off its best features. Keep holiday decor simple and tasteful; things that complement your existing style without overwhelming it. A classic wreath on the door or a light garland al...
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Where to Holiday Shop Local for 2025
Our real estate agents follow the principle of "think global, shop local" to minimize environmental impact while supporting small businesses. Holiday shopping can be both responsible and rewarding when you patronize these wonderful stores around the Quad Cities.
Local Holiday Shopping Around the Quad Cities
The Atlas Collective - Moline, IL
Address: 1801 5th Ave., Moline, IL 61265
What "sparks joy" within you? The Atlas Collective is betting that it's good books to go with good coffee in a serene, plant-filled setting, not far from Moline homes for sale.
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Where to Enjoy Fall Tastings and Local Brews
Our real estate agents know that the craft brewery scene is one of many exciting reasons to make the Quad Cities area your next home. Although there's always something going on at our local taprooms, things really shift into high gear as fall arrives. Local brews await with specialty tastings and other events.
Let's take a look at just a few of the many opportunities to visit craft breweries in the Quad Cities.
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Fall Dining: Where to Order Pancakes
Comedian W. C. Fields once claimed that the laziest man he ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they'd flip by themselves. Our real estate agents vouch for the fact that pancakes are prepared with much more TLC at these great restaurants around the Quad Cities.
Top Pancake Spots Around the Quad Cities
Stacks Pancake House - Bettendorf, IA
Address: 1661 Grant St., Bettendorf, IA 52722
When a restaurant includes a specific food in its name, it better be on point, and Stacks Pancake House delivers. Go with a stack of one, two, or three of their delicious old-school pancakes, or choose one of their specialty flavors:
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Land Trends and Value Survey Reports Slight Decrease in Iowa Farmland Values
The Land Trends and Value Survey, presented by the Iowa Farm and Land Chapter #2 REALTORS Land Institute, reported a 1.2% decrease on a statewide average for the March 2025 to September 2025 time period. This follows the September 2024 to March 2025 time period that showed a 1.0% decrease, giving us a 12-month decrease of 2.2% for the State of Iowa on tillable acres. After rapid increases in values in 2021 and 2022, the land market has continued its sideways trend through much of 2025. Timberland (down 0.8%) followed the trend of tillable acres, while Pastureland acres have been able to post gains of 3.3% the last six months.
Survey respondents described the market as stable, despite downward movements in corn and soybean prices in recent months. Lack of inventory is helping hold land values firm, along with the expectation for an above-average crop for most of Iowa this fall and strong cattle prices. Res...
