Pittsburgh Homes Daily

Tomorrow is the University of Pittsburgh homecoming football game against Rutgers.
 
 
Photo by pianoforte.  License Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0.To celebrate, here’s a few other Pitt’s to check out: 
Documenting Pitt, historic publications and images of the University of Pittsburgh.
William Pitt, the English gentleman for whom Pittsburgh was named.
 
Fort Pitt
Brad Pitt, the actor.
Pitt County, North Carolina.
Pitt Lake, in [...]

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I try to tone down my pro Pittsburgh pride most of the time, but sometimes there’s nothing that I can do.   
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting today that The Kill Pit, an 8 hour drama series for Spike TV, will be filmed in Pittsburgh.
It’s joining alot of other Hollywood-like activity around Pittsburgh lately.  That’s not solely because of Sienna Miller from [...]

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Are your costumes set for Halloween?  Then get ready for a treat!
Three festively adorned homes in the Victorian-era neighborhood of Manchester will be opened for the Haunted Tales of Manchester Walking Tour on Friday, October 20, 2006 and Saturday, October 21, 2006.
 
Photo by ms.Tea.  License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.

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The Steelers play the Chiefs on Sunday, and it’s just about time for the Steelers to snap out of their losing streak.  So I propose a little required video watching for all Steelers fans to get pumped up before the game!  Great video with loud music follows (*hopefully*):
 
 
  

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Walnut Capital has asked the Urban Redevelopment Authority for tax breaks in the redevelopment of the former Nabisco factory in East Liberty, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Walnut Capital’s plan is for the creation of a mixed use development called “Bakery Square” or, as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called it, “Bakery Row.”  Based on the drawings, it will [...]

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The 2006 Washington Arts and Heritage Festival will be running for the next three days.  On Saturday, there will be tours of four historic locations: the Lemoyne House, the Washington County Courthouse, the Washington Train Station, and the David Bradford House.  You can read more about the festival in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.
According to the [...]

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The Los Angeles Times has the poll results from the Associated Press-AOL Real Estate poll on public attitudes about shopping for homes, which was conducted Sept. 26-28.
Highlights:

26% thought it somewhat likely or better that they would buy a home in the next 2 years.
45% thought the housing market was “priced about right” in their area.
Only [...]

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The Dow crossed 11,900 for the first time ever yesterday.  That milestone leaves me wondering what effect the stock market will have on the housing market.  Will the roaring stock market increase wealth around the country and put the housing market back on an upward track?  Or will it cause the Fed to increase interest [...]

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Mapvine is the most recent mashup tool enabling real estate agents and property managers to add a map to their website to show real estate listings without requiring one to dive into the coding behind Google Maps.  You can read more about its launch on the Rentvine Blog.
 
 
I figured I would sign up and give it a try — it [...]

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We now must take a break from our regularly scheduled real estate news to provide this important public service announcement:
Last week, we learned that Sienna Miller hates Pittsburgh.  At the time, I thought that Sienna just hadn’t unlocked the mysteries of Pittsburgh.  To each their own.  But today, it turns out that the problem isn’t with Pittsburgh: Sienna just can’t get in [...]

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