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Harrisburg - July 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents who find a letter from the Pennsylvania Treasury in their mailboxes in coming weeks may be entitled to unclaimed property, State Treasurer McCord noted today as his department prepares to send more than 40,000 notification letters to potential owners of the newest unclaimed property in its database.

Norristown - June 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Local officials across the Commonwealth, faced with a greater demand for services as state funding declines, should check to see if their governments may be owed unclaimed property, Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord reminded municipal leaders today as he returned more than $49,000 to Montgomery County

Chambersburg, PA - June 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Two USDA officials celebrated National Homeownership Month in Pennsylvania and reminded rural residents of opportunities to purchase or refinance homes in rural areas.

PITTSBURGH - June 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to 55 months of incarceration on his conviction of wire fraud, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.

HARRISBURG, PA - June 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- An additional $7.1 million in federal funding has been approved by FEMA for property acquisitions. This is the latest round of funding to permanently remove flood-prone properties in eight hard hit Pennsylvania counties. Additional projects continue to be approved as the application process moves ahead and program requirements are met.

LANCASTER, PA - May 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Cushman & Wakefield’s Philadelphia-based industrial group has orchestrated the sale of 2913 Spooky Nook Rd., a 594,000-square-foot industrial building in Lancaster. Formerly utilized as a distribution center for flooring products by Armstrong Industries, the facility will be converted into a regional, youth-oriented sports complex by the new ownership.

LEVITTOWN, PA - May 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Private equity real estate group Tryko Partners, LLC has added Galilee Village in Levittown to its growing multifamily portfolio. The 170-unit asset, located at 17 Penn Valley Road, provides HUD-subsidized apartment living for independent seniors.

ELIZABETHTOWN, PA - May 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of 1499 Zeager Rd., a 290,000-square-foot industrial building in Elizabethtown, Pa. Prior to the sale, the former single-user facility had been converted to multi-tenant use.

Harrisburg, PA - April 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Treasury last month collected nearly $25.4 million, more unclaimed property than it had in any March in the past seven years, State Treasurer Rob McCord noted today as he announced Treasury will accept reports from entities subject to the state’s unclaimed property law through Monday, April 16 because the statutory deadline of April 15 falls on a Sunday this year.

Pittsburgh, PA - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As school districts across Pennsylvania face state funding cuts and budget deficits, Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord reminded public school officials to see if their districts may be owed unclaimed property, and he returned more than $12,000 to the Pittsburgh Public Schools today.

HARRISBURG - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency held its annual homeownership program awards ceremony today at its headquarters to honor its leading lenders. 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.

EUGENE, OR - March 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Samuel Stein have joined forces to present York, Pennsylvania property listings in one convenient and easy-to-use online real estate resource on his Morgan Collins Realtors website. With his custom IDX solution, Stein’s search pages are now synced with thousands of York & Adams Counties (RAYAC) listings. Never before has such a concise online real estate search been so readily accessible by home seekers. Stein has forever changed the way potential Pennsylvania buyers search for properties online.

Conshohocken, PA - March 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Metro Commercial, the region’s largest full-service retail real estate firm, announced today that it has brokered five leases in grocery/power anchored centers, for The Solid Wood Cabinet Company totaling over 14,000 square feet, in Southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

HARRISBURG, PA - February 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Property owners rebuilding or making repairs to their flood-damage properties have access to a number of resources - including financial -- that can help them reduce, or prevent, future disaster loss.

EUGENE, OR - February 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Fred Glick has become the latest real estate professional to join the growing network of agents and brokers who have employed the dynamic IDX Broker software. Glick now makes the Phliadelphia, Pennsylvania property search monumentally simpler for area home seekers. As a member of the Trend MLS (Trend), Glick has long had access to thousands of detailed property listings. Now, Glick gives his clients and other potential buyers unprecedented accessibility to the Trend MLS database of homes. Never before have buyers been able to experience such innovative real estate search tools from the convenience of the website of Glick, or the IDX Broker application for iPhone and iPad.

EUGENE, OR - February 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today IDX, Inc. and David Siwy are pleased to announce the integration of IDX Broker software onto the website of Siwy, giving potential Doylestown, Pennsylvania buyers a whole new resource for finding their dream home online. With his own customizable IDX solution, Siwy has updated the search capabilities of his professional website, making it monumentally easier to manage. While his IDX synced website makes his job simpler, it simultaneously eases the complications home seekers experience throughout many online real estate searches. The IDX enabled search tools Siwy supplies to his clients makes it so simple to find the perfect Pennsylvania home without ever leaving the convenience of his website

BETHLEHEM, PA - February 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Liberty Property Trust has named commercial real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. as exclusive leasing agent for a 1.2 million-square-foot, $62 million speculative industrial property now under construction in Bethlehem. The project, part of Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII, is transforming one of the nation’s largest brownfield sites into sustainable, Class A distribution product; it is one of the most significant industrial projects in Pennsylvania and one of the largest currently underway in the United States.

EUGENE, OR - February 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. and Mary Genovese have joined forces to revolutionize the way Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home seekers search for properties online, by adding the innovative IDX Broker software to the website Genovese hosts. As a member of the Trend MLS (Trend), Genovese has long had access to the detailed property listings through their professional database. Now, with her IDX-enabled search page, Genovese’s clients receive the same level of access that was once reserved for real estate agents and brokers only, conveniently on her website. Her customizable IDX solution gives Genovese and her clients more freedom and access to the Trend listings than ever before available online

King of Prussia, PA - January 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Tile Shop is expanding the Philadelphia region, and Metro Commercial has completed a 25,522-square foot lease for the tile and floor covering store in King of Prussia, PA. The store will open this summer at 201 Allendale Road adjacent to Costco and will occupy the former Levitz Furniture.

HARRISBURG, PA - January 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tryko Partners, LLC, has added Harrisburg Park, a 163-unit, garden-style apartment complex in Harrisburg, to its growing regional portfolio. The private equity real estate group acquired the property on South 15th Street from The Altman Group in late December.