Pittsburgh Homes Daily

This past week, I half-heartedly advocated that real estate agents should use Twitter as a means to communicate with clients. Today, I had the probably behind the times realization that a web-savvy client doesn’t need Twitter to check up on their Realtor.
As Realtors increase their online presence through blogging, Active Rain, and other [...]

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All week, the news here in Pittsburgh has centered around the closing of Parkway East this weekend. Apparently, someone didn’t get the message. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette describes what could only be a truly amazing scene:
Parkway East construction today was held up briefly when a motorist drove past a barricade at an onramp, zigzagged [...]

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“grand but certainly not stuffy style”
“original decorative features remain intact”
“ornate tradesman-crafted exterior”
“impressive archways”
“ironwork from another era”
Aptly named - just too bad it is in Seattle.
Found via urbnlivn.com.

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The link is here. It may be behind a premium content wall, but all I had to do was go to the home page and view an ad to get to it.
For whatever reason, I think there is a midwest curve on this survey. Cleveland is tied at #26. And Detroit, pretty [...]

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Allegheny County property taxes won’t change overnight, and there is still a lengthy fight ahead, but an Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge held today that the property tax system in the entire state of Pennsylvania is unconstitutional today (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article here). I’ve only made it through the first 7 or so pages of [...]

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I guess I am going to have to do some research to learn more about the Pittsburgh tax abatements which just passed city council, unless someone stumbles upon this article that knows more than I do and can help me out. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article here.
Let’s take a specific example:
Charlie Batch is doing [...]

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Last night, the Urban Design Associates and the Pittsburgh Penguins held a meeting to get input from residents on the development of the new Penguins arena. Architect Don Carter, President of Urban Design Associates, indicated to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the doors are wide open for public participation.
Sounded nice.
Until I started thinking about my [...]

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Here’s a truemor for ya:
Did you hear that Guy Kawasaki is using Redfin to sell this house in Pittsburgh?
Innovation. That’s not what’s happening when a real estate agent figures out how to post a profile on Myspace and even turn that profile into a … gasp … client. Or when a Realtor starts a blog [...]

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The Post-Gazette celebrates the announcement of the move of the Downtown YMCA from 330 Blvd. of the Allies to Millcraft’s Market Square Project.  The editorial says, “It will be a boost to the heart of the Golden Triangle.”
Total distance the facility is moving: ~ 1/4 mile.  I mapped it on Google and if you go [...]

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