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Universal Health Realty Income Trust Increases Dividend

KING OF PRUSSIA PA – Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust that invests in health care and human service related facilities, said Friday (Dec. 7, 2012) that its board of trustees voted to increase its quarterly dividend by $.005 and pay a dividend of $.62 per share on Dec. 31 to …

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Two Named To Economic Development ‘Action Team’ In Philly

PHILADELPHIA PA – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s “Action Team,” which works with economic development groups to promote business growth, retention and expansion in Montgomery, Chester, Philadelphia, Delaware and Bucks counties, has filled two vacancies in its southeastern regional office, the state Department of Community and Economic Development announced Wednesday (Dec. 5, 2012). Norman P. Hetrick …

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Challenge For Brokers And Agents: Calming Consumer Fears

NEWTOWN SQUARE PA – Winning is in, and losing has never been a good thing. As the National Association of REALTORS® approaches the 2012 edition of its Nationwide Open House Weekend, scheduled for April 28-29 (2012; Saturday and Sunday), one challenge that faces real estate brokers and salespeople across Pennsylvania is proving to consumers they’ll …

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Compromise Flat Fee Proposed For Marcellus Shale Gas Wells

HARRISBURG PA – Representatives of Gov. Tom Corbett and majority Republicans in the Pennsylvania Legislature worked through Sunday (Feb. 5, 2012) to reach a tentative agreement that would impose a fee on drillers who extract natural gas from Marcellus Shale, buried almost a mile underground across much of northern and western Pennsylvania. The drilling fee …

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Area Commercial Developer Wins Energy Use Award

MALVERN PA – Liberty Property Trust, a commercial real estate developer that leases office and other space in Norristown, King of Prussia, Exton and West Chester PA and elsewhere in 12 states and overseas, last week received a national award for its commitment to energy use management, the company announced. Liberty was honored with the …

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Generational Tastes, Move To Smaller Homes Driving Storage

NEW YORK NY – The previously high-growth $7.4 billion market for home organization and storage has slowed down due to the housing collapse and enduring economic problems, according to “Home Organization in the U.S: General Purpose, Closet, Garages, and Storage Sheds,” a report released Monday (Nov. 14, 2011) from a market research firm called Packaged …

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Regional Home Prices Drop Less Than Nationally

PHILADELPHIA PA – The overall sales price of single family homes in the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area, including Montgomery County, declined three-tenths of 1 percent from August to September (2011), according to the monthly Home Price Index (HPI) published Monday (Nov. 7) by Core Logic, a provider of information, analytics and business services. Actually, CoreLogic …

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Time For Home Builders’ To Reinvent Themselves, CEO Says

BENSALEM PA – The downturn in the U.S. housing market has given home-builders an opportunity to reinvent themselves, a company president told those in attendance at the annual fall meeting of the Urban Land Institute, because “builders won’t make money doing things the way they used to,” Orleans Homes CEO George E. Casey Jr. said. …

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Home Builders Would Love Legislation Offering More Credit

WASHINGTON DC – Proposed legislation that would guide federal and state banking regulators on easing the flow of acquisition, development and construction credit, intended to benefit home builders who find it increasingly difficult to assemble funds for new projects, is just what the housing industry needs, according to the National Association of Home Builders. The …

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Provide Your Clients With Points Of Any And All Contact

PHILADELPHIA PA – How many ways can real estate clients and prospects contact you? Maybe more importantly, how many ways do they KNOW they can contact you? There could be a huge difference between the two and, if so, you may be missing business opportunities. Worse yet, you may be opening the door to competitors. …

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