Pittsburgh Homes Daily

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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Last month, Pittsburgh-based mobile media company MoGoes  created a buzz around Pittsburgh when it announced that it would be working with Visit Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to create mobile content for downtown Pittsburgh.  It turns out that this story was just the tip of the iceberg for our local startup.  It has grand plans in the real estate [...]

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There was an editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (not written by the Post-Gazette) a while back about the difficulties of development in Pittsburgh.  When I read it, I thought the author was wrong.  I think I may now have to apologize.
There is an article today in the Post-Gazette that the attorney for the Science Center, the new casino’s neighbor, ”may” seek [...]

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Viral marketing is a subject that I have definitely been thinking alot about given my last two posts.
For real estate agents, the marketing method for a home generally is:

Take great pictures.
Put it on the MLS and the internet.
Run a couple open houses.
Tell other agents about it.
Advertise in newspaper.
Hope it sells, the home is “improved,” or the [...]

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Photo by Brunkfordbraun.  License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0.

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Last weekend, I was having a conversation with someone about the number of downtown projects that are in the planning/construction stages and expected to open in 2008-2009. Today, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette goes so far as to say that “[b]y late 2009, you might not recognize the place.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has put together a list [...]

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I missed the news yesterday in the paper that the URA is going to take possession of the Garden Theatre on Wednesday. Thanks Doug for bringing it to my attention. Here is the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article on the news.
Now the question is whether the request for developer proposals that have been released [...]

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