Pittsburgh Homes Daily

Deep within the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  coverage of the approval of the casino master plan was the statement that PITG Gaming spokesman Bob Oltmanns was not, in the words of the Post-Gazette, ”expecting major modifications or controversies at the project development stage.” [emphasis added].
Based on events so far, I wouldn’t put any money behind that statement.

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Photo by D’arcy Norman.

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Sorry - I was beginning to think that if I didn’t use the words “Redfin” and “60 Minutes” at some point this week I wouldn’t be able to call Pittsburgh Homes Daily a real estate blog in the future.
Yawn.

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HouseFront announced yesterday that it now provides home valuations online and via text message for 100 million homes in the United States. HouseFront CEO James Eberhard graciously agreed to answer a few of my questions about HouseFront.

Tell me a little bit about HouseFront:
HouseFront is a Denver, Colorado based company. We were founded in late [...]

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Pittsburgh’s older homes provide the region with more than just great architecture! 
The Tribune-Review ran a short article yesterday announcing that Pittsburgh’s home improvement professionals ranked second best in the nation according to data released by ServiceMagic.  The data measured whether ServiceMagic.com customers recommended the professional that they hired to others.

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12 months, 365 days, 371 posts, and 350 comments later, Pittsburgh Homes Daily is now 1 year old!
A page one ranking on Google for “Pittsburgh homes” and on the second page currently for “Pittsburgh real estate”.
15,000 visitors last year and 17,000 already this year (it’s about 4,000 unique visitors a month currently).
About 10,000 page views on my post [...]

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Mike Madison of Pittsblog is looking for a logo for the Pittsburgh Manifesto.  Here’s a few ideas and slogans for development:

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Just the other day I said to someone that Pittsburgh is a very walkable city.  Now, it has gotten just a little bit easier for those in Pittsburgh without cars to get around - thanks to Flexcar.
Flexcar is a car sharing program that charges members by the hour for use of a vehicle.  According to the Flexcar website, [...]

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