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Chipping away at the housing crunch
SCRANTON, Pa. — Talk about a rarity these days a brand-new house ready to hit the market and at an affordable price. Scranton officials were the first to take the real estate tour in the city's Marvine Section. Two houses were built on a once-vacant property along North Main...
Top 10 Cities In America With The Largest Black Homeownership Gap
Fewer Black families are buying homes, which has stretched the Black homeownership gap to its highest rates since the 1960s. The post Top 10 Cities In America With The Largest Black Homeownership Gap appeared first on NewsOne.
Check out Pocono Record and Tri-County Independent's coverage of the local housing market
The pandemic inspired a feverish exodus from the region's cities not seen since the Poconos' post-September 11, 2001 population boom. As housing prices rose, locals saw themselves priced out, and some families were in a more vulnerable place than ever before. Reporters Maria Francis and David Mazzenga from the Pocono Record (in Stroudsburg) and Tri-County Independent (in Honesdale) got together to highlight the unique issues faced by first-time buyers, the housing insecure, the would-be new home builders and more in northeast Pennsylvania.
Top 10 Cities In America With The Largest Black Homeownership Gap
Fewer Black families are buying homes, which has stretched the Black homeownership gap to its highest rates since the 1960s. The post Top 10 Cities In America With The Largest Black Homeownership Gap appeared first on NewsOne.
Veteran real estate tax exemptions approved
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Lackawanna County Commissioners have approved two county real estate tax exemptions for disabled, non-wartime, veterans. Previously only fully-disabled wartime veterans were eligible for these exemptions because of the verbiage in Title 51 of Pennsylvania’s Military Affairs. This resulted in a lot of non-wartime veterans or their spouses having their properties […]
Falls Township is Currently Reviewing Options for Estate with William Penn Ties
Three Arches Historic Home was originally built in 1684.Image via Theresa Katalinas. Falls Township is currently weighing options for what to do with a home built in the late 1600s. Ella Castronuovo wrote about the home and its potential sale for the Bucks County Courier Times.
Falls Township is Currently Reviewing Options for Estate with William Penn Ties
Falls Township is currently weighing options for what to do with a home built in the late 1600s. Ella Castronuovo wrote about the home and its potential sale for the Bucks County Courier Times. Three Arches Historic Home, a 300-year-old residence with ties to William Penn, was put on the...
Luzerne County Councilman staying out of broker selection due to bidder relationship
Real estate agent Lori Spencer said she initially hesitated on submitting a proposal to sell a Luzerne County-owned property in West Pittston because county Councilman Kevin Lescavage is her boyfriend, making criticism inevitable. But after reflection, Spencer said she decided she and her teammates at Classic Properties should not be...
Luzerne County Councilman staying out of broker selection due to bidder relationship
Real estate agent Lori Spencer said she initially hesitated on submitting a proposal to sell a Luzerne County-owned property in West Pittston because county Councilman Kevin Lescavage is her boyfriend, making criticism inevitable. But after reflection, Spencer said she decided she and her teammates at Classic Properties should not be...
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