Latrobe Real Estate News

Saturday Dec 12 | via Pittsburgh Tribune 

A former Westmoreland County mortgage broker will spend three years in federal prison for bilking clients out of nearly $1 million, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Westmoreland County, PA, Federal Prisons, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Nov 21, 2009 | via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 

Pittsburgh area real estate showed signs of a turnaround in October as last-minute buyers apparently scrambled to take advantage of the $8,000 federal tax credit that was originally set to expire in November.

Related Topix: Home Buying, Home, Allegheny County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Beaver, PA, Butler, PA

Nov 5, 2009 | via ThePittsburghChannel.com 

Westmoreland County leaders said almost $2 million in federal economic stimulus funds will go to help prevent homelessness in the county.

Related Topix: Westmoreland County, PA, Mortgage, Home

Oct 17, 2009 | via Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 

In a ruling last summer, a Commonwealth Court panel noted that Mark R. Miller isn't a licensed private detective, his nonprofit group doesn't employ any detectives and he's never worked in law enforcement.

Related Topix: Non-Profit, Saint Vincent College, Housing, Westmoreland County, PA

Aug 3, 2009 | via Pittsburgh Tribune 

The defunct Monsour Medical Center, a landmark fixture for decades on Route 30, is closer to being sold at a sheriff's sale to satisfy an unpaid loan.

Related Topix: Jeannette, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Foreclosures, Irwin, PA, Economics News, Bankruptcy

12 hrs ago | via GuruFocus.com 

Prudential Bancorp Inc. of Pennsylvania filed Annual Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Prudential Bancorp, Inc.

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

Yesterday | 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.

Related Topix: Housing, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Ed Rendell, US Governors, Pennsylvania, Financial Services

Tuesday | 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.

Related Topix: Ed Rendell, US Governors, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Financial Services, Foreclosures

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.

Related Topix: Energy, El Paso, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, US News, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Pennsylvania, Bernie Madoff

Friday Dec 18 | via Times Leader 

Pennsylvania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent in November, four-tenths of a percentage point lower than the revised October rate of 8.9 percent, according to the Dept.

Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Foreclosures, Marketing

8 min ago | via New York Times 

The top executives at the mortgage lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could get paid as much as $6 million for 2009, despite the companies' dismal performance this year.

Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Business News

Monday Dec 21 | via Kansas City Business Journal 

The commercial real estate market has yet to hit bottom, but you can see it from here.

Related Topix: Real Estate, Energy, Great Plains Energy, Johnson County, KS, Park, KS, Overland Park, KS

7 min ago | via Star Tribune 

The top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could get paid as much as $6 million for 2009, despite the companies' dismal performances this year which cost taxpayers more than $100 billion.

Related Topix: Financial Services, Fannie Mae, US News, US Treasury, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

10 min ago | via CNW Group 

Not only that, in November, existing home prices spiked 19 per cent above year-ago levels, the second fastest clip in two decades.

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

11 min ago | via Reuters 

The top U.S. housing regulator said on Thursday it approved multimillion dollar pay packages for the chief executives of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home, Mortgage