The Historic Homes Blogger is a new blog that offers narrative and pictorial perspectives on historic homes and districts, renovation, and property preservation in Bethlehem and beyond. My co-author of this blog is my broker and dear friend, Connie Glagola. The blog is produced on Internet Crusade software presently in development.
The Brethren's House (1748) housed the single Brethren Choir.
...and start right right here with a slide show of the city's Rose Garden in West Bethlehem. Click the rose. (Photos by Frances Flynn Thorsen)
U.S. antitrust regulators will sue the National Assn. of REALTORS® over policies that are alleged to illegally restrict commission discounting, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal yesterday. The move follows recent skirmishes between the Department of Justice Antitrust Div. and NAR at the state level, where state commissions and legislatures have tried to establish "minimum standards" for brokers that would thwart some discount broker business models. The suit follows a two-year-long study of NAR rules relating to Internet property listings display on Virtual Office Websites.
Low real estate prices, a slower pace of life, and glimpses of green earth have been the Lehigh Valley's draw for New Yorkers choosing to make their homes in Pennsylvania. The present day exodus from the north is not new. The first wave of New York and New Jersey expatriates hit the fertile eastern shores of the Keystone State in the mid 1980s. Today the Lehigh Valley boasts about 50 commuter buses that make the hour-and-a-half trip to NYC each week day. A look at the real estate market in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton area proves that Pennsy offers a lot more "bang for the buck" than NYC. Check my link at the right for "Listing of the Week" and then check the NYC ad below (courtesy of Best of Craig's List):
RENT YOUR 3x3 foot SQUARE!!! $600
I am looking for 3 people (who will have separate shifts to share the space) to rent out my “space” in my apartment. It’s a 3x3’ foot square which includes a pillow and a bucket. You do not have access to the apartment; however, I will allow you to walk from the door to your ‘area’ in a straight line. You're 'space' will be outlined by NEON Duct-tape on the floor!
The shifts are as follows:
one person from 9am – 5 pm, one person from 5pm – 1 am, and 1am – 9am. No overlapping as an overage charge will be placed on your rent. This is the right kind of deal for a student with a useless major (English. Drama, Pottery) or an actor who has no potential and will probably never make it, but lives off of daddy’s trust fund.
YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ANY FACILITIES IN MY APARTMENT. FIND YOUR OWN BATHROOM OR SHOWER, THERE IS A BURGER KING ON THE CORNER, AND A BODY SHOP 3 BLOCKS AWAY. YOU SLEEP, WAKE UP, LEAVE!!!!
I DO NOT ALLOW ANY FORM OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ME AND MY RENTERS, IF YOU BOTHER ME, I WILL RAISE YOUR RENT. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS PLEASE CALL MY CELL PHONE AND LEAVE A POLITE VOICE MAIL.
FIRST+LAST + SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED LOOKING FOR SOMEONE VERY LONG TERM -2-3 YEARS
There are about 4 of these ‘squares’ in my apartment, Will go FAST, REPLY ASAP, to MOVE IN ASAP!
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