Yearly Archives: 2011

BLUE BELL, PA - April 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- With minimum bids starting at just $75,000, 36 two- and three-bedroom condominiums in Blue Bell, Pa., that had previously been on the market for as much as $301,400 are set to go on the auction block in April.

March 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- PETER J. SMITH, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and GEORGE C. VENIZELOS, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today a former York County woman has been charged with defrauding 14 mortgage lenders, 35 homeowners and five individual investors in Cumberland, Dauphin, York, and Adams Counties out of approximately $2,700,000 between 2006 and 2008.

PHILADELPHIA, PA/TEANECK, N.J. - March 30, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- For both energy conservation and economic reasons, Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital, one of the largest healthcare groups in the Philadelphia region, set the goal of reducing its lighting energy consumption by at least 30% without sacrificing illumination quality. To accomplish that - and much more, Jefferson partnered with Encelium Technologies, the manufacturer of the Energy Control System™ (ECS). Encelium customized its innovative lighting control and energy management solution for Jefferson, which has more than 4 million square feet of clinical, research, teaching and housing property.

HARRISBURG, PA - March 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Treasurer Rob McCord today announced that the Pennsylvania Treasury will offer a webinar series to help employers understand and prepare for their statutory responsibility to report unclaimed property to Treasury by April 15 of each year

HARRISBURG, PA - March 16, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) --At a banquet held on today at the agency’s headquarters, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency honored its top-10 participating lenders for its homeownership programs. These lenders assist homebuyers throughout the state in the application, processing, and closing of PHFA loans. Brian Hudson, executive director and CEO, recognized these outstanding organizations in their efforts to assist Commonwealth families and individuals achieve the American dream of homeownership

HARRISBURG, PA - March 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commonwealth Cornerstone Group, a nonprofit corporation created by the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, has secured $28 million in new markets tax credit (NMTC) allocations from the U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. - March 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tilghman Square, the neighborhood shopping center located at the intersection of West Tilghman Street & Broadway in South Whitehall, PA, has welcomed two new retail tenants

Darby, PA (Delaware County) - March 9, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial Real Estate, Inc., the region’s premier full-service retail real estate company, has negotiated four new leases totaling 33,113 SF at the new Darby Town Center, 150 South MacDade Boulevard in Darby, PA

Upper Marlboro, MD - February 23, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tomorrow, Michelle Desiderio, director of green building programs for the NAHB Research Center, will present a program on "Marketing Green Building to Customers" at this year’s Pennsylvania Housing & Land Development Conference at Penn State University. Desiderio will also conduct a roundtable discussion on the National Green Building Standard and the NAHB Research Center's national certification program based on the Standard

EUGENE, OR - February 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX Broker software has revolutionized the search capabilities on real estate professional Nancy Unangst's website, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and the Lehigh Valley MLS (LVMLS). Unangst's custom IDX solution now extracts raw listing data from the LVMLS, seamlessly integrating and displaying thousands of property listings directly onto the search page she hosts. Finding a home online online in Allentown, Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas has never been easier!

PHILADELPHA, PA - February 14, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) today reached its second union agreement in as many weeks, and this agreement like the first includes a major change in the way employees’ pensions are funded. This agreement is with the AFSCME District Council 33, Local 934, PHA’s second largest union.

PITTSBURGH, PA - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- United States Attorney David J. Hickton and key officials from federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies recognized today the three‑year anniversary of the Feb. 4, 2008, formation of the Western Pennsylvania Mortgage Fraud Task Force, and the filing of charges against 14 individuals associated with seven different mortgage fraud schemes. The individuals charged include a wide spectrum of roles associated with mortgage fraud, including a closing attorney, mortgage brokers, real estate investors, and a bank employee. The seven schemes involved approximately 320 properties and $75 million in fraudulent loans.

Philadelphia, PA - February 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA-2) announced today that sponsors of affordable housing developments across the City of Philadelphia will receive a total of $1.49 million in grant money to help them complete their projects.

PITTSBURGH, PA - February 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The 2,200-member REALTORS® Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh (RAMP) celebrated the beginning of its 100th year of serving the real estate needs of our area’s families and businesses with the installation of its 2011 officers. More than a hundred real estate industry leaders gathered for a ceremony and elegant reception on January 14, 2011 at The Frick Art & Historical Center in Point Breeze

Conshohocken, PA - January 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Three new retailers have joined the world-class lineup at Suburban Square in Philadelphia’s Main Line suburb of Ardmore, PA.

Conshohocken, PA - January 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial Real Estate, Inc. is pleased to announce that industry veteran Roy Perez-Daple has joined the company, where he will expand the firm’s national retailer advisory services as well as pursue strategic landlord opportunities.