Philadelphia Magazine

Sandy Smith

Home and Real Estate Editor

Sandy Smith is Philadelphia magazine’s Home and Real Estate editor. A Kansas City native, he has called Philly home for more than 35 years. He reports on houses for sale, condos for sale, apartments for rent, new construction, development and trends in the Greater Philadelphia real estate market.

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A Face-Saving Gesture for the Royal

Apartments will rise behind the theater’s facade.

Property

Upsala To Become A Home Again

Its new owners paid $550,000 in cash.

Property

How Philly Can Avoid a Skyline of Bland, Boxy High-Rises

Starchitect Cecil Baker weighs in on the city’s new era of architecture.

Property

See Where the Main Line Began on May 7

Overbrook Farms opens its doors to you.

Property

Seth Williams’s Home Goes on the Market for $450K

Sorry, custom three-sided super-sofa not included.

Property

“The American Versailles” in Mahwah for $48M

The Jawdropper to end all Jawdroppers.

Julia Reynolds Masterman School
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U.S. News Ranks Best High Schools for 2017

The usual suspects top the list.

Property

Revised in Bella Vista for $385K

The stairs are original; everything else is renewed.

Business

5 Takeaways from the 2017 State of Center City Report

The city needs to compete on value, not cost.

Property

The Agent Who Takes His Clients to Dinner

Tod Keating finds the dinner date a highly effective ice-breaker.

Property

Task Force to Revise City Preservation Policy

Kenney: It’s time to update the city’s 30-year-old preservation ordinance.

Property

Demand for Homes Remains Strong Across Region

First-quarter sales ran 8.7 percent ahead of last year.

Property

Two Philly-Area Communities Make Niche Top 10

Chesterbrook and Penn Wynne rate among the best.

Property

Legos for Living

The latest idea in affordable housing, coming to a Blok near you.

Property

Who’s Building Philly: Vince Viney

Like IKEA, this builder designs the price tag first.