PostRealEstate Archive

Foreclosures Still Hot Locally; 26 Advertised Wednesday

Of 26 locally published legal notices regarding foreclosure actions, 14 involved properties in Pottstown PA, four in Limerick, two in Lower Pottsgrove, two in Upper Pottsgrove, and one in West Pottsgrove

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400-Unit ‘Sanatoga Green’ Debuts To Township

The large project near the Sanatoga interchange of Route 422 includes a hotel that probably would be built first, to be followed by an office building, clubhouse, daycare center and up to 400 units of housing, most of it as rentals

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LED Bulbs Easy Way To Save Energy And Money

Lighting your house is no minor expense. Changing your traditional incandescent light bulbs or compact fluorescent lamps to light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs will save energy and dollars off your electricity bill

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Home Prices Jump In S-F; Flat In Pottsgrove, Pottstown

Over the past year, according to a new report, average single-family home sale prices rocketed up 32 percent or more in the Spring-Ford Area School District but stagnated or declined slightly in the Pottsgrove and Pottstown districts

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Housing Advocates Invite Landlords To Pottstown Breakfast

Local housing advocacy groups hope to work with landlords in reducing evictions, creating more affordable housing, and keeping tenants housed. They’ve scheduled an informational breakfast Feb. 21 in Pottstown

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Energy Star Awards, Recertifications Presented To Brandywine

Brandywine Realty Trust based in Radnor PA said it had more than 80 Energy Star-rated buildings in its 2012 portfolio

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Office Real Estate Needs Continue To Shrink. Here’s Why …

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Here’s the kind of news that probably causes commercial agents, specifically those dealing in office real estate, to break out the antacids. Citrix – the company that developed “GoToMeeting” software that lets team members in distant locations talk and see each other in virtual meetings on the web – completed a

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Home Prices Up For Year Ending In October; Month Down A Bit

NEW YORK NY – Home prices across 20 cities nationwide rose 4.3 percent during the 12 months ending in October (2012), as measured by the Case-Shiller Home Price Indices released Wednesday (Dec. 26, 2012), and that upbeat performance out-distanced analysts’ forecasts. Anticipated seasonal weakness did show up, however, as 12 of the 20 posted monthly

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Philly Area’s Homes Trail Cumulative Value Trend In 2012

PHILADELPHIA PA – Homes in the greater Philadelphia market, including those in western Montgomery County, are anticipated to have lost $1.6 billion in cumulative value during 2012, according to an analysis of Zillow® Real Estate Market Reports released Wednesday (Dec. 19, 2012). As bad as that news might be, Zillow said, 2011 – when Philadelphia

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Armstrong Floor Products Donated To Homes For Our Troops

LANCASTER PA – Armstrong Floor Products will donate the flooring for 30 homes to be built across the country during 2013 by Homes for Our Troops, a national non-profit organization that creates specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans, the company announced Thursday (Dec. 6, 2012). The homes are built at no cost to veterans

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