Pennsylvania Real Estate Licensees

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Real estate licensees have five months remaining to earn 14 hours of continuing education (CE) credit before the State’s Real Estate Commission’s license renewal deadline of May 31, 2012. New licensees who received their licenses between Dec. 1, 2009 and Nov. 30, 2011, are required to take 14 hours of CE in specific, mandatory commission-developed...
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Earthquake Insurance After Virginia Quake

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Most homeowners in the Northeastern United States did not think they needed to worry about their homeowner’s insurance covering damage from an earthquake; however, most homeowner’s insurance does not cover earthquakes. After the 2011 earthquake in Virginia, FEMA has issued the following statement: Common Misunderstandings Could Delay or Limit Your Assistance Virginia’s earthquake declaration has spanned five...
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Existing-Home Sales Show Uptrend

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Existing-home sales continued on an uptrend in December, rising for three consecutive months and remaining above a year ago, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The latest monthly data shows total existing-home sales1 rose 5.0 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.61 million in December from a downwardly revised 4.39 million in...
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Homebuyer’s First Steps

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Mortgage rates are at 50-year lows – the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.95 percent at the close of 2011 – making homeownership more affordable than ever for families with a stable income and good credit. But before you begin house hunting in earnest, it’s important that you get the facts about buying a home...
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Montgomery County Real Estate

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Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds NANCY J. BECKER is urging recorders/registers of deeds across state and the country to withdraw public money from any banks affiliated with the Mortgage Electronic Registry System (MERS), which she claims is undermining the practice of accurate land recording. In recent years, mortgages have been assigned and...
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The Future Of Housing

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The Future Of Housing

Six Key Principles for the Future of the Housing Finance Market By Feddie Mac  CEO Ed Haldeman Freddie Mac was chartered by Congress in 1970 with a public mission to stabilize the nation’s residential mortgage markets and expand opportunities for homeownership and affordable rental housing. Our statutory mission is to...
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New Residential Construction

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New Residential Construction

Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions or the letters indicate a document is in the Microsoft® Excel® Spreadsheet Format (XLS). To view the file, you will need the Microsoft® Excel® Viewer available for free from Microsoft®. or denotes a file in Adobe’s Portable Document Format. To view the...
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Existing Home Sales

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Washington, DC, November 21, 2011 Existing-home sales improved in October while the number of homes on the market continued to decline, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Total existing-home sales1, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, rose 1.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million in October...
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Houses for Sale by the U. S. Government

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Houses for Sale by the U. S. Government

The HomeSales.gov web site provides current information about single family homes for sale by the U.S. Federal Government. These previously owned homes are for sale by public...
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Flood Insurance Reform

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“The National Association of Realtors® is pleased that a continuing resolution passed by Congress today included a short-term extension of the National Flood Insurance Program, but still believes a longer term extension is needed to ensure access to affordable flood insurance for millions of homeowners. “As the leading advocate for homeownership...
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New Residential Home Sales

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New home sales and existing home sales are released each month at about the same time. Many comparisons are made between the two series, but before doing any comparisons, one must be aware of some definition differences that affect the timing of the statistics. The Census Bureau collects new home sales based upon the following...
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Making Homes Affordable

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The Advertising Council, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced today the launch of a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign designed to encourage homeowners who are struggling with their monthly mortgage payments to learn about the Making Home Affordable Program....
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RSS Greater Philadelphia Region

  • 2012 Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure
    First, I encourage you to please view this video message from Founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker, regarding the recent changes to Komen granting strategy. I also remind you that, like you, the Philadelphia Affiliate is concerned about these changes and are in discussion with Komen National [...] […]
  • Abraham Lincoln Union Open House
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Union League of Philadelphia, founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of Abraham Lincoln, will host its annual Open House on Saturday February 4, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited to stay after the open house for a special [...] […]