Pittsburgh Homes Daily

The Real Estate Journal has an article today with lots of good advice for those considering buying a fixer upper.  From examining your potential home closely to consulting a contractor before starting any project, the advice is worth reading for anyone that might be buying a money pit.
One piece of advice that should be added to [...]

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The topic of this week’s Carnival of Real Estate hosted by Property Grunt is: How buyers and sellers are coping with this market.  If this were a blog about California, New York City, DC, or Florida real estate, it would probably be the top issue.  But it is a blog about Pittsburgh real estate, and [...]

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While catching up on the coverage of Pittsburgh news events from my blogroll this evening, I found a link from Jonathon Potts to an article in Pittsburgh magazine about 10 Neighborhoods you need to know about in Pittsburgh.
It’s a great read for anyone looking for an affordable home in an up and coming neighborhood in Pittsburgh!

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There are good and bad things to every city. 
If you are looking for a smaller city that has a good public transportation system, try Pittsburgh!  Its public transportation system ranks 19th in terms of the number of riders even though Pittsburgh ranks 57th in population.
There’s even going to be transportation from Fayette County into Pittsburgh soon, according to the [...]

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The Good: The South Side was awarded the Urban Pioneer award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  Congratulations are in order!
The Bad: There were 4 times more foreclosures in the Pittsburgh area in the first quarter of 2006 than in the first quarter of 2005, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

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If you’re looking to buy or sell a loft in Pittsburgh, check out Pittsburgh Lofts!

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the opening of a casino in Pittsburgh could be delayed up to a year.  The delay would leave plans for a new stadium in limbo and hurt Pittsburgh’s ability to retain the Penguins, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
Pennsylvania is considering selling the State Office Building on Liberty Avenue.  (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [...]

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Pittsburgh has started boarding up abandoned properties, according to WPXI and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  There isn’t enough money in the budget to demolish them, so they’ve bought $6,000 of building supplies.  The WPXI article suggests that the reason for the project was a recent abandoned row house fire. 
We’ll know soon.  With the All Star game [...]

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That’s the question that one reader was looking for the answer to when s/he came to this site!  I’ve thought about it for a bit and the person could have been looking for an answer to several different questions:
1. Why can’t my real estate agent sell my house?
My answer:  From listening to stories from REALTORs, I [...]

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Unfortunately, my last post before heading to Pittsburgh was eaten by my wireless network.  So enjoy your weekend! 
A quick summary of what was lost:
There wll be 2 garden tours in the Pittsburgh area on Sunday, a Frank Lloyd Wright designed pre-fabricated home is going to be reconstructed near Acme, the PNC Firstside Center was mentioned in a [...]

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