Pennsylvania RealEstateRama
Job Opening: Director of Affordable Homeownership Initiatives – Washington, DC
November 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- CFED is a 33-year-old national nonprofit with a mission of empowering low- and moderate-income households to build and preserve assets by advancing policies and programs that help them achieve the American Dream,...
Lowering the Cost of Housing Competition
November 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- At certain historic moments, new ideas about domesticity have given form to radically different configurations of home and community. With worldwide interest in housing affordability, green design and the necessi...
Residents of Hilltop Mobile Home Park organizing to preserve park
November 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Given a February deadline to vacate the park land, residents of the Hilltop Mobile Home Park in State College, PA are using a website to advocate for the preservation of the park and the rights of manufactured hou...
PHFA recognizes outstanding quality of work done by the state’s housing counselors
HARRISBURG - November 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency today celebrated the work of the state’s housing counselors with an awards ceremony at the Hilton Harrisburg. The state’s private sector counseling agencies...
After the Election: What the DC Budget Debate Means for Housing Opportunity for PA’s...
November 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- After the November 6 elections, Congress will reconvene for a “Lame Duck” session to tackle some very difficult issues related to the federal budget. As things stand now, significant, across-the-board cuts kno...
PHFA executive director elected president of National Council of State Housing Agencies
HARRISBURG - October 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Brian A. Hudson Sr., executive director and CEO of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, has been elected president of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA). He will serve for two ...
Treasurer McCord Sets Out to Reunite Fire, EMS Companies with Nearly $700,000 in Unclaimed...
Harrisburg - October 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In recognition of National Fire Prevention Month, State Treasurer Rob McCord today said nearly $700,000 in unclaimed property is available for Pennsylvania’s emergency responder organizations to cla...
Victory for manufactured home residents!
October 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This is a MAJOR VICTORY for manufactured home community residents. Residents in manufactured housing communities (mobile home parks) are in a unique situation in terms of their housing tenure. While most own their...
Treasurer McCord Reunites Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals with Nearly $35,000 in Property During...
Radnor, PA - October 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The nation’s oldest “no-kill” shelter now has nearly $35,000 in additional resources to support routine and unexpected medical treatments for the animals in its care after State Treasurer Rob Mc...
Philadelphia Foreclosure Rescue Scammers Sentenced to Serve Time in Prison
PHILADELPHIA - October 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Anthony J. DeMarco III, 33, of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to serve 25 years in prison for conspiracy and fraud charges in connection with a mortgage fraud scheme involving more t...
Qualified PA borrowers who lost homes to foreclosure to receive notice; may be eligible...
HARRISBURG - September 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Linda Kelly today announced that official notifications are being sent to approximately 29,000 Pennsylvania borrowers who lost their homes to foreclosure between January 1, 2008 and...
Treasurer McCord: See If Loved Ones Are Owed Unclaimed Property this ‘Grandparents Day’
Harrisburg - September 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- This Grandparents Day, State Treasurer Rob McCord encouraged Pennsylvanians to take a moment and search to see whether their loved ones are owed a portion of $1.9 billion in unclaimed property. A fr...
Keystone HELP Program Hits 10,000th Loan Milestone; Continues to Create Jobs, Save Homeowners Money,...
Allentown - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Treasurer Rob McCord today marked a major milestone in Pennsylvania’s nationally recognized Keystone Home Energy Loan Program, which recently issued its 10,000th loan to make homes more energy e...
PA Treasurer McCord: It’s “Shark Week” – Take a Bite at Unclaimed Property
Harrisburg - August 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” programming has many viewers in its jaws this week, and State Treasurer Rob McCord today noted that several Pennsylvanians with shark-related names may be abl...
PA Treasurer McCord Returns Over $16,600 to Cambria County from Previously Unclaimed Property
Ebensburg - August 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Treasurer Rob McCord returned more than $16,600 in previously unclaimed property to Cambria County officials today on behalf of residents there, saying he hopes other local governments – as well...
PA Treasurer McCord Returns Over $24,500 to Luzerne County from Previously Unclaimed Property
Wilkes-Barre - August 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- State Treasurer Rob McCord returned more than $24,500 in previously unclaimed property to Luzerne County officials today on behalf of residents there, saying he hopes other local governments – as w...
Governor Corbett Announces Re-Start of Homeowners’ Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program
Harrisburg - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced that Pennsylvania has received the $66.5 million cash portion of the previously announced $25 billion state-federal settlement with the nation’s five largest mortg...
Funds are now available to address the housing impact of Marcellus Shale drilling
HARRISBURG - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for projects to improve the availability and affordability of housing in the Marcellus Shale region of the state.
Pennsylvanians not taking advantage of foreclosure review?
WASHINGTON, DC - August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) alerted Pennsylvanians who may have wrongfully lost their homes that they could qualify for financial compensation via the Independent Foreclosure Review process. The pr...
Proposal to change Mortgage Interest Deduction
August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) is expected to introduce the Housing Subsidy Fairness Act in early September. This bill would provide dedicated funding for the National Housing Trust Fund with savings generated by ...
