By Alan J. Heavens Inquirer Real Estate Writer The local real estate market is starting to loosen a bit. Showings in some neighborhoods are up substantially this year, agents report, after being down almost 50 percent between August and the end of 2007. Driving the upsurge in traffic, at least in...

By MARK SCOLFORO 01.28.08, 4:14 PM ET HARRISBURG, Pa. - The quest for ways to lessen the multibillion-dollar burden of school taxes on homeowners has gone on in Harrisburg for decades, and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives was to resume the search Monday. Debate on dozens of...

Shrewsbury, PA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/24/2008 -- It seems like everyone in Pennsylvania is jumping on the mortgage refinancing bandwagon. Maybe you're thinking about it yourself? After all, with rates as low as they are, the promise of lowering your monthly payments, sometimes...

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