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Blakeslee, Pa (Grassroots Newswire) December XX — CENTURY 21 Select Group  is proud to announce that it has extended its affiliation with Century 21 Real Estate LLC with the signing of a new year franchise agreement extending their affiliation to 2018.

“CENTURY 21 Select Group joined the CENTURY 21 System in 1978 and has established a solid and successful real estate firm in the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania with a reputation for its local market knowledge and high quality customer service,” said Maggie Flartey, broker/owner of CENTURY 21 Select Group.

Joining the CENTURY 21® System as single office since 1978, CENTURY 21 Select Group now consists of 14 offices, making it the largest real estate company in Northeast Pennsylvania.   Earning Centurion Office Designations and Pinnacle Quality Service Awards, CENTURY 21 Select Group is also a proud supporter of Easter Seals. The offices have raised $18,000 for the organizations through various fundraisers including a car raffle and 5k run.

“Century 21 Select Group is proud and excited to continue our affiliation with the CENTURY 21® System. We are looking forward to continuing to provide our award winning services.” said Bob Bossuyt, Broker/Owner Century 21 Select Group Pocono Pines & Pocono Lake.

CENTURY 21 Select Group is headquartered at Route 115, Blakeslee and offers full-service real estate capabilities, specializing in residential sales in 10 locations throughout the Poconos and the surrounding area. 

About Century 21 Select Group

CENTURY 21 Select Group, www.century21selectgroup.com, is a full service real estate brokerage company with more than 140 associates serving throughout the Pocono Mountains and Delaware Highlands of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

© 2010 Century 21 Real Estate LLC. CENTURY 21® Is A Registered Trademark Licensed To Century 21 Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each CENTURY 21 Office is Independently Owned and Operated.

 The PA House of Representatives will not consider Senate Bill 1481, which would prohibit private transfer fees (PTFs), because the legislature cancelled all votes through the end of the year.

The House was expected to return to session Monday, following this week’s general election. With the cancellation of voting days, Senate Bill 1481 is dead.

“We’ll have to regroup and prepare for another battle next year,” said Derenda Updegrave, PA Association of REALTOR®’s director of government affairs. “REALTORS® sent a strong message that private transfer fees are harmful to consumers. We had an incredible response from our members throughout the state. Legislators received more than 6,000 e-mails and phone calls during PAR’s calls-to-action. REALTORS® told legislators how important this legislation is and the negative impact private transfer fees will have on real estate consumers.”

The PA Association of REALTORS® (PAR) has been working to prohibit private transfer fees in the commonwealth. States across the country have been fighting private transfer fees, which will cost unsuspecting homeowners thousands of dollars in additional closing costs.

These private transfer fees are part of a covenant attached to the property deed that forces the seller to pay 1 percent of the purchase price to a private third-party entity every time the property sells over the next 99 years.

“We still believe that private transfer fees are detrimental to the consumer,” said PAR President Don Roth. “These fees add another unreasonable hurdle for the homeowner to the already overwhelming process and cost of selling property. Consumers may lose further equity in their homes when private transfer fee covenants are attached to the properties.”

Nineteen states have already passed legislation opposing private transfer fees.

These fees are being fought by a national coalition of 20 organizations called the Coalition to Stop Wall Street Home Resale Fees. The organization includes the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and the American Land Title Association and recently the Consumers Union and the Consumer Federation of America have announced they have joined the coalition.