Pittsburgh Homes Daily

I’ve been hearing increasing speculation in the media that the nation’s housing market is at or near the bottom. Upon reading this interview, I (along with many other people) am wondering how long it will take for the real estate market to return to housing prices of Fall 2005 / Spring 2006 once it [...]

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I was wondering the other day whether it would be better for buyers and sellers if the real estate market were more like the stock market.
Real estate agents could act like brokers do on the stock exchange - they take a request for a purchase or sale and facilitate the transaction. If no one [...]

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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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“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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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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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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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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