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Four companies with ties to the midstate recently reported financial results for the first quarter of 2012.

Green homes make up 17 percent of the U.S. housing market and could reach 29 to 38 percent by 2016, according to a study from McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of New York City-based McGraw-Hill Companies Inc

Today was the day I took the state-required “ethics” course. It was a packed house as real estate licensees of all sorts jostled to complete their biannual continuing education classes. The instructor took a quick survey of hands: a mix of very experienced (40-plus years) licensees on down to a number of folks taking their first ethics class for initial licensing. Regardless, there was something for everyone to learn.

Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust has put the North Hanover Mall in York County up for sale as part of an effort to deleverage, according to company statements.

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Bankruptcies, liens, mortgages

A Maryland-based developer's planned food court site in the first block of West Market Street in downtown York is listed for auction May 24, according to a posting and the developer.

The City of Harrisburg got a lucky break with the partnership between HACC and GreenWorks to move a stalled housing project forward.

Upscale hotel owner Hersha Hospitality Trust has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the 80-room Bulfinch Hotel in downtown Boston, the company announced Wednesday.