 | | | Weekend · Nov. 12 · No. 39 | Fri: 46°, flakes possible |
| | Weekend edition. Monday had the news. This one’s for your Friday, Saturday and Sunday. | The weekend in ten seconds ▸ Highs in the 40s all weekend. A few wet flakes possible Friday, scattered showers Saturday, mostly dry Sunday. ▸ Kennywood’s Holiday Lights open Friday. The PPG Place rink opens Sunday night, not Friday. ▸ Saturday: Marc-André Fleury goes into the Penguins Hall of Fame. And Lawrenceville holds its first-ever Cat Crawl. ▸ The market: sales dipped, price cuts jumped back to 810, and rates climbed to 7.42%. |
| The big one this weekend · Saturday  Marc-André Fleury goes into the Penguins Hall of Fame Saturday night. The ceremony is on the ice right before the 7 p.m. puck drop against Ottawa, so be in your seat before 7. He’s the first player from the post-lockout era to get in, and the vote was unanimous in his first year eligible. Thirteen seasons here. Three Stanley Cups. The franchise records for wins (375) and shutouts (44). And in 2009, the last-second save in Game 7 against Detroit that won the Pens their first Cup in 17 years. He goes in with Larry Murphy from the ’91 and ’92 Cup teams, former GM Jim Rutherford, and the late Jack McGregor, who organized the effort that brought an NHL team to Pittsburgh in 1967. If you’re going: the gate giveaway is a mystery bag charm of Fleury, Murphy or Rutherford. And the arena’s Hall of Fame display, behind the Michelob Ultra Club on the main concourse, now has Fleury’s own mask, glove and blocker. | The season starts now Holiday Lights, a Rink and a Tree  ⛸️ The Rink at PPG Place opens Sunday at 6 p.m., not Friday. The tree is still going up. Adults $9–$12, skates $4–$6. |
| | What To Do | My pick · Saturday  No registration. The $5 suggested donation goes to Conquer the Colony, a Pittsburgh cat rescue, and you can meet them at the start. Want a souvenir? Black Cat Tattoos on Butler Street is doing a cat flash tattoo afterward, by appointment. The crawl is sponsored in part by Weruva. I live in Lawrenceville, and this is the one I’m most excited about this weekend. |
| Friday, Nov. 13 · 46°, rain or snow showers possible | Saturday, Nov. 14 · 44°, scattered showers🐈 Lawrenceville Cat Crawl · 11–2 · see above | Sunday, Nov. 15 · 48°, mostly dry🏈 Steelers at Bengals · 8:20 p.m., NBC · both teams are 6–2, so first place in the AFC North is on the line | | Got something happening? Send me your event. The good ones get featured in What To Do, and the best one gets the spotlight. |
| | Yinz Gotta See This | There is something about the grandeur of this house: it is simple yet architecturally unique with a classic Victorian look. It has been tastefully modernized while retaining much of its beautiful original character. |  200 South Aiken: The Oak Nobody Ever Painted It’s a yellow-brick Foursquare from 1910, on a corner lot in Friendship. The full-width front porch still has its original beadboard ceiling. Inside, the oak woodwork has never been painted. There’s a carved newel post at the bottom of the stairs, stained glass on the landing, the original pocket doors, and a window seat in the dining room bay. The top floor is its own apartment, with its own kitchen, and it’s rented right now. Keep the income, or open one door and it’s all one house again. Out back: a deck, a brick patio, a fenced yard and a detached two-car garage. Bloomfield is a short walk. Go see the whole house. | | See 200 S. Aiken Listed by Emily Askin, Compass. | | What Changed This Week | 30-yr fixed was 7.22% | 456 Homes sold was 599 | 810 Price cuts was 711 |
Past 7 days, residential. “Was” is last Thursday’s issue. | What we’re seeing Sales fell back, from 599 to 456. Part of that is the calendar: Wednesday was Veterans Day, a bank holiday, and closings need banks. New listings rose for a second straight week, to 642. And price cuts jumped back up to 810. That’s more sellers cutting their price than putting a new home on the market. | What it means Rates went up. Sellers are cutting to meet them. Deals in the pipeline held about steady: 616 homes are contingent or under contract, down from 639. Fewer listings gave up, too. 359 were withdrawn or expired, down from 473. |
| Why you’d care | Selling 810 price cuts in a week means a lot of homes went on at the wrong price. With rates back above 7.4%, buyers run the payment before they book a showing. If you list before the holidays, the first price is the one that matters. |
| Buying On a $300,000 loan, 7.42% is about $2,081 a month in principal and interest, $41 more than last week. The upside: 810 price cuts in a week is real room to negotiate. |
| | Run Your Numbers at 7.42% | Open HousesSunday’s the dry one, and the Steelers don’t play until 8:20. Every listing on the market, open houses sorted to the top. |
|  | Meet the Writer Hi, I’m Tim. |
I grew up in Lower Burrell and did the reverse migration to the city when my wife went to law school here. We lived in Bloomfield for years, and now we’re in Lawrenceville. I’m passionate about Pittsburgh and our future here. I love writing about what’s happening: the fun events, the people, and even the stuff that goes unnoticed. And yes, selling homes is my day job. When you or somebody you know is ready to buy or sell, I’d love to be the call. |
| | — Tim |
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