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Posted on 6/30/2011 9:27 AM By Jennifer Cloonan |
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Budget issues are dominating the news at the local, state, and federal level. REALTORS® are acutely aware of the school property tax burden in Allegheny County, where the highest millages do not necessarily translate into the best-performing schools...
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Posted on 6/30/2011 9:06 AM By Jennifer Cloonan |
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In recent weeks RAMP Government Affairs tipped you off that NAR would launch a Call for Action regarding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The time is now...
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Posted on 6/26/2011 8:01 PM By Jennifer Cloonan |
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Unless Congress acts by September 30th, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will lapse for the 10th time in two years. Shaking your head? You're not alone. NFIP provides affordable flood insurance options for more than 21,000 American communities, serving over 5.6 million home and business owners...
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Posted on 6/24/2011 12:10 PM By Jennifer Cloonan |
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Great news heading into the weekend . . . Governor Corbett has signed legislation passed by the PA Senate and PA House prohibiting Private Transfer Fees in Pennsylvania...
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Posted on 6/24/2011 10:22 AM By Jennifer Cloonan |
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Make sure everyone in your office has taken part in this week's Call for Action that urges Congress to make the loan limits for FHA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac permanent. The loan limits are due to expire on 09/30/11, thereby generating a very real fear it could result in lending being affected as early as the end of June...
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Posted on 6/23/2011 1:26 PM By Joi Rogers |
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 Earlier this year RAMP launched the "Pittsburgh... The Right Choice" media campaign, to promote the value of home-ownership in the Pittsburgh region to consumers, and combat the national real estate news stories of doom and gloom that were being circulated in local news. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's advertising executives, David Tomasini and Deb Hansen proactively joined forces with us to design the ads, and donated over $160,000 in print and online ad space scheduled to run through September of this year.
Part of our goal is to bridge new relationships with local news media to echo our message and make a bigger impact...
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Posted on 6/20/2011 2:04 PM By Jeffery Zirngibl |
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At their June 16, 2011 meeting, the RAMP Board of Directors formally approved the membership of new applicants to the REALTORS® Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh.
Welcome to the following new members:
John C. Bilyak CCIM
Institute Affiliate
NAI Pittsburgh Commercial
Two North Shore Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Office Phone: 412-321-4200
Elizabeth Bires
REALTOR®
Prudential Preferred Realty
East Regional Office
4420 William Penn Hwy
Murrysville, PA 15668-1916
Office Phone: 724-327-0444
Brian J. Bosick
REALTOR®
Prudential Preferred Realty
Route 19 South Office
1679 Washington Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15228-1603
Office Phone: 412-833-7700
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Posted on 6/20/2011 12:47 PM By Jennifer Cloonan |
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On Tuesday, June 21st NAR is planning a Call for Action to members on the FHA Loan Limits. Those currently in place are due to expire on 09/30/11, but concerns exist that it could begin to affect lending as early as late June...
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Posted on 6/17/2011 10:00 AM By Jennifer Cloonan |
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Yesterday afternoon the PA House concurred with Senate amendments on HB 442 prohibiting Private Transfer Fees (PTF’s) in PA...
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Posted on 6/13/2011 1:19 PM By Jennifer Cloonan |
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Last week RAMP Government Affairs attended the Joint Legislative Hearing on Congressional Redistricting convened in Cranberry Township last week. A packed room of interested parties included county commissioners from western Pennsylvania, interested citizens, and members of the media. With a population that has not risen at the pace of other dramatic gainers such as states in the south and west, the results of the 2010 Census means that Pennsylvania will drop from having 19 members serving in Congress to 18...
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