Through February, the story of the local real estate market is still lack of inventory. And that shortage is helping to keep home prices strong, even as they’re no longer skyrocketing.

Harrisburg-based McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC announced the continued expansion of its Legal Equity Advancement Program, now open to qualifying Black-owned and Black-controlled businesses in three states.

Most counties in central Pennsylvania reported a double-digit drop in home sales in 2022 from the previous year and a double-digit increase in median price.

Workforce development projects across Pennsylvania are receiving $5.5 million in Industry Partnership Grant funding aimed at meeting local and regional workforce needs. The announcement was made Wednesday by Gov. Tom Wolf.  Central Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley projects will receive approximately $2 million combined funds in grants. 

Central Pennsylvania counties are among the counties across Pennsylvania receiving new funding to support community improvement projects. 

Rising interest rates have applied the brakes on the local housing market, but a shortage of inventory is keeping prices up even as sales drop precipitously.

Gettysburg-based ACNB Bank celebrated its new, $2 million-plus Upper Adams community banking office with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 20.

Soaring interest rates have put the brakes on the once-sizzling housing market, as the pace of local home sales continued to slow in September.

As the local housing market slows to a less frenetic pace, home prices in some areas show signs of stabilizing, according to August numbers.

In May, housing price increases in central Pennsylvania kept up their double-digit pace, as many homes still sold for above asking price, even as rising interest rates are causing some buyers to hesitate.

Railroad infrastructure projects in Berks County and Adams and Cumberland counties will receive a total of $16.4 million in grant funding. 

York-based Heritage Valley Federal Credit Union (FCU) announced that it will now serve clients in Adams, Cumberland and Dauphin counties. 

Home prices in central Pennsylvania kept climbing in March as a large majority of listings continued to draw multiple offers. 

The Wolf administration announced Thursday that 3,528 additional acres on 40 farms – including 20 in central Pennsylvania - would be protected from development, an investment of more than $9.7 million in state and county dollars to preserve prime farmland.

Through the first two months of 2022, home sales in York and Adams counties are the same as a year ago, while prices keep climbing.