Pandemic-fueled boom tempers, but industry says it’s still a sellers’ market

A cooldown in what had been a red-hot real estate market is being seen in lower home sales and loan activity in eastern Iowa. But officials in the industry remain optimistic as they see the change as more of a market correction than a reason for concern.

“I would say that sales are leveling,” said Lynsey Engels, president of Mel Foster Co., Real…