Pittsburgh is Hot
Okay, not that kind of hot . . . in fact, cold and snowy. But the real estate market is HOT right now. We have entered the spring market early and strong with home sales looking to possibly exceed last year’s sales, even without the government’s tax credit. So what does that mean for you? [...]
Welcome Pittsburgh Googlers
Technology is an amazing thing. I have a plugin on my website that allows me to track the geographic locations of my site visitors. Don’t worry — I don’t see home or work addresses, just cities and countries. Lately I’ve had an influx of visitors from Mountain View, California, home to Google’s headquarters. I’m guessing [...]
Good News for Home Buying Pittsburgh Physicians
Are you a medical student or resident awaiting news of the March match to find out if you will be relocating to Pittsburgh to complete your training? Are you already practicing in Pittsburgh and finally have the time and energy to consider moving into a larger home? As the spouse of a Pittsburgh doc, I [...]
Never Assume
When I was in high school, my AP English teacher would often say (in an affected British accent), “when you assume, you make an Ass out of U and Me.” When you engage an agent to list your home for sale, please don’t assume. I have seen too many listings with bad and/or too few [...]
Fun with Freddie and Fannie
Hi everyone! First off, I must apologize for my LONG absence. I got derailed from blogging when I was working on my last newsletter and then never got back on track. But here I am again and I promise to do a better job. I’ve decided to mix things up a bit. Because I’m finding [...]
Newsletter Delay
I’m sorry that I have been late in getting out the fall newsletter of Picturing Pittsburgh. The good news is that the reason for the delay is that I’ve been very busy selling homes! For those of you considering a move to Squirrel Hill or a transition from renter to owner, you must check out [...]
No Blog This Week
Hi everyone! I will not be blogging this week because if all goes well I will be sending out my fall e-newsletter. I received great feedback on my summer newsletter and hopefully you all will enjoy this one as well. If you are not on my newsletter subscription list but would like to be, just [...]
Lantern Tour
I must admit I had never heard about Depreciation Lands Museum until I began researching family fun activities for this weekend. But it looks like a neat place. It’s a living history museum located in Allison Park featuring costumed demonstrators every Sunday afternoon. The museum site includes the Pine Creek Covenanter Church, built in 1837, [...]
How Low Will It Go?
As we all now know, mortgage rates are staggeringly low, below 4.5%. It is hard to imagine that the rates could go much lower, but they might. Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated his belief that economic conditions may warrant further quantitative easing by the Fed (nicknamed QE2). For those of you who may not [...]
Pittsburgh Symphony For Less
I apologize for the lateness of this post, but my family fun activity for this weekend is this evening, October 15. Those of you who don’t have anything scheduled might want to take activity of this special opportunity to enjoy the Pittsburgh Symphony for only ten dollars! Kids and teens are free and seniors and [...]
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