Lehigh Valley real estate agents hope expanded tax c...
Tuesday Dec 15 | via The Morning Call
Lehigh Valley home sales surged in November as first-time homebuyers rushed into the market to get a tax credit before it expired. Comment?
Oct. 15, 2009: Valley home sales jump but prices drop
Monday Dec 14 | via The Morning Call
First-time homebuyers lured by a tax credit worth up to $8,000 gave the Lehigh Valley housing market a significant boost in sales activity in September. Comment?
Nov. 14, 2009: Home sales jumped in October
Monday Dec 14 | via The Morning Call
Lehigh Valley home sales took a big jump in October as first-time home buyers took advantage of an $8,000 tax credit, but median home prices continued to drop. Comment?
Easton bar Club Beyond, targeted by DA for shutown, ...
Wednesday Dec 9 | via The Morning Call
Club Beyond, a troubled bar in downtown Easton, has closed its doors -- not because of Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli's two-week-old pledge to shut it down, but because it's been foreclosed upon. Comment?
Nov 24, 2009 | via WTOP
Agent showing house finds pile of bones 11/24/2009 1:17pm A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner. Comment?
Government by Stealth: the GSE affair continues
Thursday | via The Big Picture
David R. Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. Comment?
Prudential Bancorp Inc. of Pennsylvania Reports Oper...
Wednesday | via GuruFocus.com
Prudential Bancorp Inc. of Pennsylvania filed Annual Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Prudential Bancorp, Inc. Comment?
Governor: Home Sales Key Part Of Revitalizing Economy
Tuesday Dec 22 | via WGAL-TV
If you're in the market for a new home, there's a new state wide mortgage program that will soon help connect thousands of consumers with affordable loans. Comment?
PA Housing Recovery Plan Announced
Tuesday Dec 22 | via MyFoxPhilly
Governor Ed Rendell Tuesday announced a new $1.2 billion statewide mortgage program to help more than 11,000 homebuyers with affordable loans that will also help boost Pennsylvania's economy. Comment?
Prison for 3 former El Paso Corp. traders
Friday Dec 18 | via Miami Herald
Two Miami-Dade physicians could be going to prison for lengthy terms after a federal jury found them guilty of participating with three other convicted doctors in a Medicare racket that prescribed $19.5 million in obsolete infusion drugs for HIV patients. Comment?
US housing data tempers optimism in world markets
7 min ago | via WKRN-TV Nashville
European stock markets rose modestly Wednesday on optimism about the recovery even as Wall Street remained flat, as downbeat housing data restrained any gains. Comment?
The past and future decade in business at a glance
18 min ago | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A look at the decade that was and the decade to come, by industry: BANKING THE PAST DECADE: The nation's big banks swaggered into the decade as owners of the world. Comment?
Fannie, Freddie freed from caps on govt help
19 min ago | via Business Standard
The US Treasury Department will remove the caps on aid to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the next three years, to allay investor concerns that the companies will exhaust the available government assistance. Comment?
An 'exit strategy' for the 'new normal'
22 min ago | via Business Standard
For journalists, pundits and comedians, the end of the year provides an opportunity to look back, fantasise forward and let the creative juices flow. Comment?
2009: Realty companies found friends in bankers
24 min ago | via Business Standard
Wiser from last year's free fall, realty companies discovered a new mantra in 'affordable housing' and found help from banks that offered low-interest home loans to build their businesses in 2009. Comment?