MALVERN PA – Liberty Property Trust, a commercial real estate developer that leases office and other space in Norristown, King of Prussia, Exton and West Chester PA and elsewhere in 12 states and overseas, last week received a national award for its commitment to energy use management, the company announced. Liberty was honored with the …
NEW YORK NY – The previously high-growth $7.4 billion market for home organization and storage has slowed down due to the housing collapse and enduring economic problems, according to “Home Organization in the U.S: General Purpose, Closet, Garages, and Storage Sheds,” a report released Monday (Nov. 14, 2011) from a market research firm called Packaged …
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PHILADELPHIA PA – The overall sales price of single family homes in the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area, including Montgomery County, declined three-tenths of 1 percent from August to September (2011), according to the monthly Home Price Index (HPI) published Monday (Nov. 7) by Core Logic, a provider of information, analytics and business services. Actually, CoreLogic …
BENSALEM PA – The downturn in the U.S. housing market has given home-builders an opportunity to reinvent themselves, a company president told those in attendance at the annual fall meeting of the Urban Land Institute, because “builders won’t make money doing things the way they used to,” Orleans Homes CEO George E. Casey Jr. said. …
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WASHINGTON DC – Proposed legislation that would guide federal and state banking regulators on easing the flow of acquisition, development and construction credit, intended to benefit home builders who find it increasingly difficult to assemble funds for new projects, is just what the housing industry needs, according to the National Association of Home Builders. The …
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WASHINGTON DC – Real estate agents and brokers who are helping clients manage their investments need to keep them abreast of developments in multi-family and commercial property markets by staying on top of economic, regulatory, and legislative issues that affect lending, tax policy, health care and energy, Inman News Service reported Monday (May 16, 2011). …
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PHILADELPHIA PA – How many ways can real estate clients and prospects contact you? Maybe more importantly, how many ways do they KNOW they can contact you? There could be a huge difference between the two and, if so, you may be missing business opportunities. Worse yet, you may be opening the door to competitors. …
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WASHINGTON DC – Things are looking up nationwide for growth in new and existing apartments, condominium buildings, and other forms of multi-family housing, the Washington-based National Association of Home Builders said Thursday (March 10, 2011). The association announced that two key measurements it tracks to determine multi-family trends – the Multifamily Production Index, which gauges …
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PHILADELPHIA PA – Simon Property Group Inc., the co-owner of the King of Prussia and Granite Run malls in the greater Philadelphia area, was named the most admired company in the real estate industry, the Philadelphia Business Journal newspaper reported Tuesday (March 8, 2011). The designation comes from Fortune magazine, which since 1997 has conducted …
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HARRISBURG PA – Home builders are applauding passage of a bill Monday (March 7, 2011) by the Pennsylvania House to repeal the state’s home sprinkler mandate, and called for quick action by the state Senate, according to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review newspaper. “We are pleased by the large and bipartisan support to remove this costly and …
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