REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

EciConstruction of Dillsburg signed construction contracts to renovate Rite Aid stores in Hazleton, Old Forge, Manchester, Olyphant and Lancaster.

Harsco Corp. of Wormleysburg, Cumberland County, continued adding to its business in the Middle East Aug. 30.

Jose Mora and his wife, Carolis Castro, have been working for three years to convert a building on East Princess Street in York into a restaurant.

The real estate mogul behind Hanover's Golden Mile and Gateway Gettysburg is hoping to score another retail hit.

REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

The vacant Futer Bros. building in the heart of downtown York was sold yesterday to owners who are exploring the idea of redeveloping it into a mixed-use commercial and residential facility.

A Swatara Township home-building company sent a batch of letters to customers to let them know it plans to protect their property values.

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Forbes magazine ranked the nation’s 500 most expensive ZIP codes, and Alpine, N.J., came in at No. 1, with a median home-sale price of $3.4 million.

Existing-home sales were down 4.3 percent in August compared with July, and sales fell 12.8 percent from August 2006, according to the National Association of Realtors.

A bill making its way through Congress would make it easier for commercial property owners to obtain property insurance, especially in disaster-prone areas.

Will online malls replace traditional bricks-and-mortar malls?

Think you know what buyers want in a home?

Every day, Jim Wise runs his cell phone dead.