Hello from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Welcome to the IowaMortgageGuy Blog!  Glad to have you as a guest and hope to see you back again soon.  Hope you find the information useful and informative.

A little About Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Named after the Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the second largest city behind Des Moines, Iowa.  It is located in the eastern portion of Iowa and is known as "The City of Five Seasons."  The "fifth season" being time to enjoy the other four.  Cedar Rapids is the County seat of Linn County, Iowa.  It is considered a safe place to raise a family and it has short commute times from most surrounding communities.  Interstate 380 runs right through Cedar Rapids and is also a part of the Avenue of Saints from St. Paul, Minnesota to St. Louis, Missouri.  Cedar Rapids shares borders with the City of Marion and Hiawatha which are also both great communities to reside, work and play as well.  Several large businesses and industries call Cedar Rapids, Iowa home.  Some of those business located here are Rockwell Collins, AEGON, Quaker Oats, Archer Daniels Midland, Alliant Energy, McLeodUSA, Qwest, Great America Leasing and Square D to name a few.  High-tech industries have been located here for many years but new ones are attracted to the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area due in part to the Technology Corridor.  The Technology Corridor is the area along I-380 from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City, Iowa. Many of Iowa's top technological businesses and industries are located in the "corridor."  Cedar Rapids is also home to several colleges such as Coe College, Mount Mercy College, Kirkwood College, Hamilton College and Capri College (College of Cosmetology). Cedar Rapids has several Public schools.  The University of Iowa is just at the south end of the "corridor" in Iowa City - Home of the Iowa Hawkeyes.  High Schools include George Washington (Wash), Thomas Jefferson (Jeff), John F Kennedy (Kennedy) and Metro High School.  Middle Schools include Franklin, Harding, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.  Elementary Schools include Arthur, Cleveland, Coolidge, Erskine, Garfield, Gibson, Grant Early, Grant Wood, Harrison, Hiawatha, Hoover, Jackson, Johnson, Kenwood, Madison, Monroe, Nixon, Pierce, Polk, Taylor, Truman, Van Buren and Wright.  Other public school districts serving Cedar Rapids, Marion, and the surrounding area include Linn-Mar, College Community and Marion Independent.  There are also Private Schools like Xavier, St. Pius, Regis, LaSalle, The Cedar Rapids Area Metro Catholic Education System, Holy Family School System, Summit, Trinity Lutheran, Isaac Newton Christian and Cedar Valley Christian.

Housing and Relocation Services 

Skogman provides a suite of the very finest products and services to the companies, families and individuals relocating to and from the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area.  Our Professional services include Realtors® with Skogman Realty, Skogman Relocation, Skogman Mortgage and Skogman Homes groups.  Skogman Relocation, amongst many other services, provides Community Tours, Informational Packets, Rental and Temporary Housing Assistance, Access to New and Existing Housing Markets, Assistance in Movement of Household Goods, School Searches and Information, Special Family Needs Assistance, Elder Care Assistance, Pre-Market Analysis and Listing Services, Referral of Community Resources, INS Process Help, Assistance in Job Placement for other family members and Affiliation with the Nation's Largest Relocation Network.  Skogman Mortgage provides home loan services for your new or existing home.  They understand the Relocation process and how stressful it can be and so they have turnkey processes in place to streamline your home buying and financing process to allow you time to focus on what's important - integrating into your job and your new life in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  Skogman Mortgage has expert professionals and flexible financing solutions for relocating borrowers with The Relocation Mortgage Program_SM.  This program provides fast applications and loan decisions, Priority Buyer _SM Pre-Approvals, a simplified process, easier qualifying, expanded relaxed underwriting (and programs for less than perfect credit borrowers), low or no down payment options, convenience and an exceptional relocation Foreign National program.

     Please visit http://www.iowamortgageguy.com/ for all your relocation and mortgage needs. Or please feel free to visit one of my other links: http://www.skogmanrelocation.com/ or http://www.cedarrapidsrelocation.com/.

For more information on Cedar Rapids, you can visit http://www.cedar-rapids.com/ (Cedar Rapids Convention and Visitors Bureau) or visit the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce at http://www.cedarrapids.org/.  For jobs in the area, you can visit http://www.corridorcareers.com/.

Best wishes to you and welcome to the Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha Metro Area, we hope you stay a long time and that you enjoy the "Fifth" Season with us.

Putting my interest in yours,