Pittsburgh Homes Daily

When I posted my list of 750 real estate blogs at the start of April, I speculated that there were over 1,000 active real estate blogs. 
Since that date, I have discovered two real estate blogs within an hour of Pittsburgh that I was unaware existed.  Now, I’ve been emailed about two high profile real estate agents [...]

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When I checked out the website for HGTV’s new reality show about a group of Northern New Jersey Realtors (Bought & Sold - premieres Sunday April 29 at 10 PM est), I found this interesting Coldwell Banker ad:

Too Funny. Better watch out, Zillow!

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Traditionally, apartment hunters must search through hundreds of listings by landlords and rental companies in order to find the perfect apartment. Tenant Market is trying to change that process to make it easier for both landlords and tenants.
Jeremy Bencken from TenantMarket.com kindly agreed to answer a few of my questions about how it works. [...]

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Places Rated Almanac has named Pittsburgh America’s Most Livable City again!
Check out the news in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 
Pittsburgh’s top ranking in 1985 brought a lot of controversy with it.  But the ranking shouldn’t come as a surprise to Pittsburgh residents and other followers of the ranking.  Pittsburgh is the only city to be ranked in the top [...]

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Roboburgh: I like it!
 2 robotics firms sell for $9.2 million: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

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Beautiful weather in Pittsburgh this weekend and people have been out and about!
Today, I attended Bootcamp PGH and had a great time.  I will definitely be attending Podcamp in August.
Two highlights of the event that especially stick in my mind.  The first was a startup ice breaker in a session led by Guru.  30 words [...]

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That’s the report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette based on a poll conducted by American Style magazine.  Last year, Pittsburgh ranked third.  
Two quick comments on the article: 
First, I was surprised that the article didn’t mention last night’s gallery crawl in the cultural district, which because of the good weather was very popular. 
Second, the ranking is also interesting given that it comes just a [...]

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The lecture last night by Charles Landry for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh charm bracelet project often reminded me of a bad college lecture [EDIT: not for lack of effort on the part of Mr. Landry - who really tried to keep it lively - just that it was a large group with uncomfortable chairs listening to 1 person speak [...]

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Tonight at 6 PM:
Charles Landry speaks at the Children’s Museum as part of the Charm Bracelet Project. 
Friday night:
Gallery Crawl in the Cultural District.
Saturday:

Sunday:
 Earth Day!

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The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review noted today that home sales held steady in the Pittsburgh region from Jan. to March.  The story pretty much tracks every report I’ve seen on Pittsburgh housing over the last year: Not up big.  Not down big.  Just steady.
The much more interesting numbers will be April through June. 

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