Glassport Real Estate News

Wednesday May 29 | via Post-gazette.com 

The upward trend in residential home sales and rising prices in the Pittsburgh region that began in 2012 gained momentum last month with 2,324 homes sold for a total of $396 million, compared with 1,915 homes sold in April 2012 for $306 million.

Related Topix: Housing, Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny County, PA

Friday May 24 | via Erie Times News 

"I've never been a homeowner. I've always lived in apartments," Schell, 23, a retired Army specialist, said Thursday as he surveyed the empty living room of his newly renovated Dormont house.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Dormont, PA, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Financial Services, Allegheny County, PA

May 15, 2013 | via Business Journal 

First Commonwealth Bank is pursuing a foreclosure action against the ownership of the Standard Life Building at 345 Fourth Ave.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Allegheny County, PA, Elizabeth, PA

May 6, 2013 | via Business Journal 

The Pittsburgh area home market saw a 13.7 percent jump in the total value of the residential property sold in the first quarter of 2013 compared to last year, reports South Side real estate information service RealSTATs.

Related Topix: Housing, Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny County, PA

Apr 8, 2013 | via Patch.com 

Allegheny County, partnering with the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, launched a pilot program to assist low-income homeowners with energy-efficiency improvements that could help cut down on utility bills.

Related Topix: Allegheny County, PA, Financial Services, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Tuesday Jun 11 | via Seeking Alpha 

The Financial Services Sector includes insurance companies, banks, brokerages, mutual funds and other similar companies.

Related Topix: Financial Markets, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, Pennsylvania, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage

Friday Jun 7 | via Insurance Journal West 

Standard & Poor's and its parent company McGraw Hill Financial Inc. on Thursday won a ruling that moves 15 lawsuits in which they were accused of fraudulently inflating credit ratings to a single federal court.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Pennsylvania

Friday Jun 7 | via PennLive.com 

Trade Talk showcases the businesses in the midstate and the people who make them work.

Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Real Estate, Camp Hill, PA, York County, PA, Hummelstown, PA

Thursday Jun 6 | via Reuters 

Standard & Poor's and its parent company McGraw Hill Financial Inc on Thursday won a ruling that moves 15 lawsuits in which they were accused of fraudulently inflating credit ratings to a single federal court.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Pennsylvania

Thursday Jun 6 | via WVNY 

Education Secretary Arne Duncan would see his authority greatly cut and governors would have final say over their schools under Republican-sponsored legislation.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Sex Scandal, Pennsylvania, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Weather

4 min ago | via Bellingham Herald 

Chairman Ben Bernanke will be pressed to settle the wave of confusion and speculation that's consumed investors since he spoke to Congress last month about the Fed's drive to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

6 min ago | via AGBeat 

Fraud is not rare, but fraud alleging that licensed real estate agents broke real estate laws in a contract pertaining to their own home IS quite rare.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Home Listing, Home, US News, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

1 hr ago | via The Motley Fool 

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Related Topix: Blog News, Housing, Financial Markets, Home Building

2 hrs ago | via The Motley Fool 

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Related Topix: Blog News, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

9 hrs ago | via Bellingham Herald 

Home builders ramped up construction in May, providing an economic boost while they sought to take advantage of an improving housing market defined by low inventory.

Related Topix: Housing