Yearly Archives: 2013

Harrisburg - September 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Greeting cards can say a lot, but a check in the mail can make a difference in the lives of your loved ones, State Treasurer Rob McCord noted today. With Grandparents Day right around the corner, the Treasurer today urged Pennsylvanians to search www.patreasury.gov to find out if their grandparents are owed unclaimed property – with the average claim amount totaling $1,200, it could be a truly meaningful gift.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- This Insights report describes the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program and the major considerations banks may need to address when using the tax credits to support community and economic development activities. The report examines the primary opportunities and risks associated with the use of NMTCs and discusses the methods used by national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks) to structure transactions and use the credits effectively. The report addresses banks’ participation in the NMTC Program as investors, as recipients of the tax credits (allocatees), and as leverage lenders

Philadelphia, PA - August 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) hereby extends the public review and comment period by an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congress is deliberating on key issues that affect Pennsylvanians who experience homelessness and is seeking to identify how local communities succeed at ending homelessness. The McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Program, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and other key parts of the federal budget have a profound influence on how local communities successfully manage strategies to end homelessness. What is not well known by national decision makers is the actual scale of homelessness within their constituencies. This policy brief provides data that national decision makers can use when deliberating on critical issues

Philadelphia, PA - August 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) has launched a revamped Pre-Apprenticeship Program for its residents. This comprehensive job training course teaches participants skills in maintenance and repairs. Upon completion of the program, graduates will become full-time PHA employees.

EUGENE, OR - August 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tyrone, Pennsylvania properties just got easier to find online, thanks to the partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate professional Briana Pincherri. The IDX solution employed on her website now allows home seekers to quickly and effortlessly scan thousands of Allegheny Highland MLS (AHAR) property listings right from the convenient real estate website Pincherri hosts. The five unique search functions IDX Broker uploads onto her site give potential buyers a dynamic tool to help narrow the AHAR listings and match them with their dream property.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) joined President Obama in the Oval Office Friday for the signing of Fitzpatrick’s Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act [HR 2167] into law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated more than $1 million to the McKeesport Housing Authority for large-scale improvements to its public housing units

Harrisburg - August 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Corbett administration today awarded a $250,000 Keystone Communities Accessible Housing grant that will help Allegheny County residents living with permanent physical disabilities to make modifications to their homes

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) released the following statement following the Senate’s passage of his Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013

Harrisburg - July 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Keystone Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) has figured prominently in another national energy award, as the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) today named Bostonia Partners as the winner of the 2013 CDFA Excellence in Energy Finance Award.

Torrance, CA - July 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Auction.com (www.auction.com), the nation’s leading online real estate marketplace, has successfully auctioned a large industrial complex in Carlisle, Pennsylvania using a specially-tailored version of its online auction process.

Harrisburg - July 16, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Pennsylvanians who open their mailboxes and find a letter from the State Treasury in coming weeks may have unclaimed property waiting for them, Treasurer Rob McCord announced today as his department issued more than 60,000 notification letters to the owners of the newest unclaimed property in its database

HARRISBURG - July 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The board of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency today approved $19.5 million in tax credits for the construction of affordable multifamily housing developments located in suburban and rural areas of Pennsylvania. PHFA has also provided more than $81 million in tax exempt volume cap funding this year, to date, for the new construction and preservation of six developments in the Commonwealth.

EUGENE, OR - July 11, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The IDX, Inc. team happily welcomes Brenda Thompson with Special Finds in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, to the rapidly expanding list of elite rank real estate professionals opting to incorporate IDX Broker into the search function of their websites, enhancing and improving the overall online real estate search experience for potential home buyers. These newly added and innovative IDX search tools make it easy for Thompson to provide an invaluable service to home seekers; an immediate and direct connection to an abundant amount of properties within the Metropolitan Regional Info Systems (MRIS), and all without ever having to veer from her site

Harrisburg - June 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- About $232 million in property tax and rent rebates will soon be headed to nearly half a million Pennsylvania seniors, widows, widowers and people with disabilities, according to State Treasurer Rob McCord

EUGENE, OR - June 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania Realtor Jeremy Pilkerton have teamed up to revolutionize the online real estate search process for home seekers. The convenient IDX enabled website Pilkerton hosts has been integrated with the dynamic IDX Broker software, which seamlessly extracts and displays thousands of detailed property listings from Fort Lauderdale MLS (RAGFL), directly on the website of Pilkerton.

Philadelphia - June 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- More than $467 million in lost and forgotten money and valuables are up for claim in southeastern Pennsylvania, State Treasurer Rob McCord stressed today during a visit to a Philadelphia health care advocacy group that claimed its cash earlier this year. The Treasurer encouraged residents, businesses and organizations to visit www.patreasury.gov, where they can search and claim property for free

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013 [HR 2167] – introduced by Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-8) and Congressman Denny Heck (WA-10) – passed the House Wednesday by a voice vote.

WASHINGTON, DC - June 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright announced a U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Grant in the amount of $131,007.00 has been awarded to the Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority.