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

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Since it has been raining most of the month here in Pittsburgh, it seems appropriate to pass on this recent post from Rain City Guide about WeatherBill, a new website that allows you to buy some insurance (they don’t call it that, though) against bad weather ruining your plans.
Great Idea!

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Wired Magazine named Pittsburgh one of the 10 top tech towns in the country, along with Seattle, San Francisco, and others. 
Cooking Light magazine named Pittsburgh 13th on its list of the 20 Best Cities in America, which was looking for the finest in healthful cuisine and lifestyle. 
Found via Pop City Media 

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The local MLS for Pittsburgh / Western Pennsylvania has decided that as of Dec. 15th, only the websites of principal brokers may display information available from the West Penn Multi-List’s Internet Data Exchange (IDX).  Real estate agents are permitted to link to their broker’s website but may not frame the data or otherwise display their contact information.
What this means for [...]

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