Finding a record of ownership

Back in November I wrote about using the City of Iowa City Housing & Inspection Services’ permit activity lookup tool for finding more information about Iowa City house history.  A coworker recently showed me another great house history link hidden at the bottom of individual accounts on the Iowa City Assessors parcel search results page.  If you are looking at a house result you can scroll to the bottom of that page and you'll see "related information links" below the GIS map.  There are a few useful links for house hunters here including former tax information for the property as well as a quick link to the GIS map with coordinates.  The most interesting link for local history buffs is the "Old Property Report Card" in the lower right corner which will show you a past record of ownership with names and prices paid.  There's also often pointed comments on these cards regarding the huge leap in sales prices that happened in the 1990s such as these :