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Construction & Real Estate
Q&A: Healthy construction market still on upswing
Businesses have built up their cash reserves and are ready to spend more on capital improvements.
Read More »A developer tries to bring back Reading, one building at a time
Sitting at a corner table in the Dunkin’ Donuts on Penn Street in downtown Reading, Alan Shuman has just read a story about another record year by Rapid City, S.D., in issuing building permits.
Read More »43 MLS groups unite; Valley not one of them
A new real estate multiple listing service, Bright MLS, unites 43 mid-Atlantic organizations comprising nearly 85,000 real estate professionals from nine Realtor-owned MLS systems.
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Mexican restaurant slated for vacant venue near Quakertown
A Mexican restaurant is one of several tenants headed to a vacant property that’s being redeveloped by the buyer of a dormant Upper Bucks entertainment venue.
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Signs show healthy start to home sales should get better
The start of 2017 in the Greater Lehigh Valley’s residential real estate market bodes well for sellers as indicators point to a changed market.
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Construction firm chosen for historic Manor House project
Jerdon Construction of South Whitehall Township will transform the Historic Manor House Inn into the home of Molinari Oswald LLC, a Certified Public Accounting firm.
Read More »First-timers opting for low down-payment mortgages
While an increase in housing sales creates a multiplier effect on the local economy, getting into the market can be difficult for first-timers.
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‘Detached’ townhouses on the way Rare concept planned for Forks Township
With an eye on providing homebuyers with an option outside the norm, a Bethlehem builder is starting construction on a detached-townhouse community.
Innovative public/private partnership in Norco could expand beyond bridge repair
By allowing the private sector to perform and finance construction work that’s previously been the purview of the public realm, transportation-related projects, even those on nontolled roads, can get done a lot faster.
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