Given all the evidence of the strong activity in 2020, it would be tempting to suggest that the housing market manage to thrive in the face of a global pandemic.What would be incorrect, however, is...

From companies to community members to colleges and universities, Pittsburgh’s spirit of innovation drives regional sustainability efforts. For cities like Pittsburgh, every day is a building block...

Comfort, Convenience and Community In the midst of an ongoing pandemic, a tempestuous election and social discord, who would have foreseen a surge in the housing market?  Jacob Passey, in his...

Somehow, amid all the economic distress caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19, the U.S. housing market is in robust condition. It seems that with each passing month the reports on home price...

Stand atop its famed Mount Washington and newcomers quickly realize that the Pittsburgh region has long since replaced the sepia-toned image of a rust-belt town of yore, reinventing itself as a...

Back in the swingin’ 60’s, prognosticators foretold of retirees in growing numbers and opined about their desire for living space more suited to an active lifestyle.  From those prognostications...

The More Things Change, the More They Remain the Same. What was once true is true again: the North Hills are hot. Even as the global and regional economies are buffeted by a pandemic-induced...

If the coronavirus pandemic has taught me anything, it’s that my mid-century ranch home falls woefully short when it comes to truly flexible space.  Don’t misunderstand.  I love my home, imbued with...

Purchasing a custom home or a home already on the market is one of the most exciting life events that there is. Add in trying to finance your home, particularly in a world besieged by a global...

The disruption caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 made for a rough spring for the housing market everywhere. But the uncertainty of life in 2020 has not disrupted the long-term trends of building,...