Buffalo, NY (WBEN Newsroom)  -- A quarterly report from the New York State Taxation and Finance Department shows Western New York sales tax revenues are lagging behind last year’s pace by $23.2 million. Erie County accounted for over 70% of all sales tax collected in the area. As a direct result, Erie County is off by the most - 4% - or nearly $20 million - for the period.

 

The Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors says home sales in the area were off by 4% in September. Housing prices for the same time frame were actually up 4%.

 

Business First reports the Lofts @ 136 – a downtown Buffalo apartment complex, will be home to a Wilson Farms store. The apartments are on Oak Street near ECC City campus.

 

For its third quarter, KeyCorp suffered a net loss of $48 million, or ten cents per share.

 

The PCA Group recently designed a new web site for Murak & Associates, LLC.