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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house for sale Horace Trumbauer Wyncote colonial exterior front
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Just Listed: Hopeland Manor in Wyncote

One of Horace Trumbauer’s more modest houses, this one has been blessed with a series of good stewards.

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Just Listed: Bargain Condo in Longport

You can live amidst million-dollar houses for a song if you don’t mind buying a one-room condo.

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Just Listed: Restored Renovated Townhouse in Rittenhouse Square

19th-century Philadelphia on the outside, 1960s Sweden on the inside.

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Just Listed: Renovated Tudor Foursquare in Lansdowne

This grand old house’s traditional heart beats steadily, yet it now has a modern soul around it.

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Just Listed: Renewed Rowhouse with Tiki Bar in Brewerytown

Your Sixties Polynesian vacation awaits you, one floor down.

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Just Listed in the Poconos: Extra-Large Cottage in Pocono Manor

A very civilized “cabin in the woods” in a historic resort community.

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Just Listed at the Shore: Stone Harbor Bayside Midcentury Rancher

A trip down Memory Lane for you and your friends, or the future home of something more impressive? The choice is yours.

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Just Listed: Renovated Rowhouse in Dickinson Square West

Given all the reclaimed wood inside it, “recycled” might be a better descriptive term.

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Full-Floor Condo Just Off Rittenhouse Square

It’s hard to top the style and amenities of the city’s first modern luxury condo, and you get them all with this full-floor unit.

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Just Listed: Historic Modern Extended Trinity in Queen Village

Buy this historic-yet-modern house and you will send your friends and relatives a “messuage.”

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Traditional Condo in a Fitler Square Mansion

Your chance to own a very nice piece of the former home of the Episcopal bishop of Pennsylvania.

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Want to Buy a House in the Poconos? You’d Better Move Fast

Buying a chalet ain’t what it used to be. If you want to win in a heated Poconos real estate market, you’ll need to come prepared.

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Just Listed at the Shore: Renovated Foursquare in Margate

This classic traditional Shore house has been rebuilt in line with today’s tastes.

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Just Listed: Renovated Rowhouse in Bella Vista

Totally contemporary yet neotraditional at the same time.

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Double Trinity in Queen Village

This historically certified extra-deep trinity has room for both entertaining and working from home.