Yearly Archives: 2013

PITTSBURGH - January 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An attorney pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud, filing false income tax returns, and failing to file income tax returns, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lehigh County Commissioners are holding off on a proposal to potentially eliminate a trust fund program that helps pay for affordable housing projects. Commissioner Thomas Creighton has proposed a bill to end the program, which charges an $11.50 fee each on mortgages and deeds

Washington, DC - January 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Congressman Pat Meehan (PA-7) sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging him to establish a National Park System unit that includes the Woodlawn Trustees property, which is partially located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Washington, DC - January 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Congressman Pat Meehan (PA-7) sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging him to establish a National Park System unit that includes the Woodlawn Trustees property, which is partially located in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Torrance, CA - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Industry veteran Brian Ward has joined Partner Engineering and Science Inc. (Partner), a national environmental consulting firm headquartered in Torrance, Calif. and one of the country’s fastest-growing companies. Based in the Philadelphia office, Ward brings over 20 years of experience applying engineering expertise in the construction risk management arena.

HARRISBURG - January 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, in collaboration with the American Society of Certified Housing Executives (ASCHE) and the National Real Estate Training Institute (NREI), today announced a day-long event and free educational workshops for Monroe County residents in danger of losing their homes. This special event will be held Feb. 1 at the Innovation Center, Room 336, East Stroudsburg University, 562 Independence Road in East Stroudsburg from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m

Philadelphia - January 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Center for Community Progress is pleased to announce the selection of Philadelphia as the host city for the fifth national Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference. The conference, to be held Sept. 9-11, 2013, is themed “Investing in the Future: Unlocking Hidden Values.” Sessions and speakers will pay particular attention to the ways in which the nation’s communities are recognizing and capitalizing on the value from their vacant and distressed properties in order to reduce costs, increase revenues, return equity to individuals and create a stable foundation for future prosperity

January 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Low Income Housing Coalition proposes to modify the current mortgage interest tax break by reducing the size of a mortgage eligible for a tax break to $500,000, and to convert the deduction to a 15-20% non-refundable tax credit

Harrisburg - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rather than sitting in a vault, a treasure trove of rare and precious unclaimed valuables will be auctioned next month under a new partnership between the Pennsylvania Treasury and Morphy Auctions of Lancaster County, according to State Treasurer Rob McCord, who explained the auction is part of Treasury’s ongoing effort to maximize revenues to the Commonwealth from property that is unlikely to be claimed.

January 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The PHARE Fund was established by Act 105 of 2010 (the "PHARE Act") to provide the mechanism by which certain allocated state or federal funds, as well as funds from other outside sources, would be used to assist with the creation, rehabilitation and support of affordable housing throughout the Commonwealth.

January 04, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- While portions of the fiscal cliff were averted, the bill failed to replace the across-the-board cuts to domestic and defense spending, known as sequestration, with alternative deficit reduction measures. The deal averted the cuts for approximately 2 months, moving the sequester back to March 1, with the hope that the 113th Congress can strike an alternative deficit reduction deal by then. If the sequester had gone into effect yesterday, the Alliance estimates that ultimate cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants would result in 145,000 people homeless instead of housed