Pittsburgh Homes Daily

In an earlier post, I suggested that Ebay (and real estate auctions in general) may be an increasingly viable means of selling real estate.  Well, a couple of people from Pittsburgh are going to test that theory with the former home of Honus Wagner (a former Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player in the Hall of Fame), [...]

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The Pittsburgh Business Times reported today that Worldwide ERC and Primary Relocation ranked Pittsburgh 35th out of 50 large cities for lifestyle options for families on the move, in a report of such importance that I can’t find it yet on the internet.
Since I’m usually a glass is half full type of person, let’s look [...]

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They pay for the gas on your home shopping trips! (discussion in The Business Journal). 
Agents know the best movers in town (according to the Puget Sound Business Journal).
They’ll take your listing after you are unable to sell your home yourself (the Puget Sound Business Journal has a short list of for sale by owner sites).

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The New York Times real estate section has an article about its quest to find apartments in and around the city for the low price of $1,000 a month in rent.
I’ve decided to search craigslist via HousingMaps in the same price range in Pittsburgh for comparison:
There’s a three bedroom townhouse for $850 in Shadyside, a three bedroom [...]

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Today, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight released data (pdf file) concerning home price appreciation based on its home price index.  For the first quarter, Pittsburgh home prices increased 1.86%.  Pittsburgh ranked 196th out of 275 metropolitan areas.  Pennsylvania as a state ranked 20th in the nation for one year price appreciation with an [...]

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The Pittsburgh Parking Authority has a slogan: Downtown Pittsburgh Parking Made Easy.  I’m not surprised by the slogan.  If I were getting their revenue from parking, I’d make it easy as well.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported yesterday that the Pittsburgh parking tax is the highest in the nation at 50 percent.  It is now the second [...]

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Members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation will be touring Pittsburgh in preparation for a conference this fall.  In connection with the visit from my GoodSearch charity of choice, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has an article today about the revitalization of Pittsburgh neighborhoods, the major players, and the work that still needs to be done.
The point of the [...]

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If you are newly “house poor” and are looking for furniture or other accessories for your home, you might try a local auction or garage sale.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has an article today about local Pittsburgh auction companies and their upcoming auctions.  There was also an article this weekend about the continued strength of garage sales [...]

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There is an excellent post over on Soapbox, a blog about real estate appraisal issues, titled, “Using The Pool Cleaner To Get To the Right Price For Your Property.”  It concerns who a seller should rely on to price their home.  The conclusion seems right on: ”Go with who you think is the most competent and who you feel [...]

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Will the bursting of the housing bubble increase Pittsburgh home prices?  The Morning Call Online has an article that suggests the answer is yes.  It expects that homeowners in cyclical markets will cash out their gains and move to less costly “heartland markets.”
The RealEstateJournal.com reported that the per capita income of the city of Pittsburgh [...]

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