My topic for the day is how real estate agents are continually perceived as “car salesmen” (nothing against car salesmen, BTW).

Bankruptcies, liens, mortgages

Midstate real estate firm Prudential Homesale Services Group has expanded into Maryland.

Rental housing ordinances are meant to force the bad apples among property owners to fix their buildings, but more often the ordinances are discriminatory against rental owners and unnecessarily increase the cost of doing business, midstate landlords said.

Once upon a time, there was this book …

Adams County-based paper tubes and cores manufacturer Yazoo Mills Inc. plans to break ground this spring on a 45,000-square-foot facility in the Hanover area, according to the company's website.

The Harrisburg-Carlisle area boasts one of the most affordable housing markets in the country, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

The average 2011 home listing in the Harrisburg region was on the market more than two-and-a-half times longer than the 2005 average, according to the Greater Harrisburg Association of Realtors.

Developers have been thronging to a mile-long section of Oregon Pike in Lancaster County.

New Jersey-based Toys R Us Inc. in March will close its Camp Hill store near the Capital City Mall in Cumberland County and consolidate it into a new store set to open this spring on the Carlisle Pike, the company said.

The state is working to finish guidelines by the end of February or the beginning of March for establishing new Keystone Opportunity Zones in Pennsylvania, according to the state Department of Community and Economic Development.

REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

The unnamed national company a developer was hoping to lure to the Lancaster Stockyards property has decided to go elsewhere, the developer said today.

The Lancaster City Planning Commission on Wednesday night voted to recommend approval for a zoning change submitted by Lancaster General Health.

The York County Economic Alliance this morning dedicated a sign in keeping with the community's branding initiative to mark the Industrial Plaza of York at Roosevelt Avenue and West Philadelphia Street.