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Property

We Moved From NYC to the Main Line During COVID, and Got an Extra 1,660 Square Feet in the Process

This story was featured as part of our “On the Move” series in the March issue of Philadelphia magazine. Read the stories of more locals […]

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Property

How to Land Your Dream Home When Philly Houses Are Selling So Fast

Inventories remain tight in both the city and its suburbs, and while local real estate agents report seeing sales slow a bit in the city, […]

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Property

The Real Estate Adventures of Six Philly Families Who Moved During the Pandemic

The Greater Philadelphia residential real estate market had been on a tear for several years when 2020 began. Then came alarming news about a deadly […]

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Property

How I Moved Out of My Parent’s House and Became Became a First-Time Homebuyer During the Pandemic

This story was featured as part of our “On the Move” series in the March issue of Philadelphia magazine. Read the stories of more locals […]

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Property

Our Growing Family and the Pandemic Made Our Decision to Move to the Suburbs Easier

This story was featured as part of our “On the Move” series in the March issue of Philadelphia magazine. Read the stories of more locals […]

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Property

Now That I Work Remotely, I Traded My Manhattan Apartment for a Rittenhouse Townhouse

This story was featured as part of our “On the Move” series in the March issue of Philadelphia magazine. Read the stories of more locals […]

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Property

We Left Our Cramped Queens Rental for a Luxury KOP Development Amid the Pandemic

This story was featured as part of our “On the Move” series in the March issue of Philadelphia magazine. Read the stories of more locals […]

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Property

Just Listed in the Poconos: Expanded A-Frame in Greentown

The A-frame is one of the most popular vacation house styles in the country. They get their popularity because they are simple yet attractive, and […]

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City Life

New Scholarships at Community College of Philadelphia Honor Civil Rights Icon Octavius Catto

For too many years, the only memorial to civil rights leader Octavius V. Catto, who was born on this day in 1839, was a public […]

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Property

Just Listed: Renovated Victorian Twin in Mount Airy

As I’ve noted in this space on at least one occasion in the past, and probably more, it’s hard to live in the Germantown area […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

Black-Owned Bridal Salons and Suit Designers in the Philly Area

As you begin planning for your Big Day, you’re faced with making choices that matter to you and your partner about your wedding. You make […]

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Property

Just Listed: Accommodating Craftsman in Ardmore

“Hi, Mom! That company that hired me out of college? They went bankrupt. I need to move back home.” “Son? Dad here. Mom and I […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

Rent Your Own Private Floating Tiki Bar in Ocean City This Summer

These days, we’re all looking for unique ways to celebrate momentous occasions with a small group of our closest friends and loved ones. We’re taking […]

Be Well Philly

This Student-Run Food Rescue Program Delivers 100,000 Pounds of Food to Philadelphians Per Week

Last March, as Philly scrambled to adjust our lives to Governor Tom Wolf’s new shutdown orders, Drexel alum and Sharing Excess founder Evan Ehlers realized […]

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Property

Just (Re)Listed: Secret Trinity in Society Hill

Wanna get smart? That’s “smart” as in Maxwell, the famed Agent 86 of Mel Brooks and Buck Henry’s classic late-1960s secret-agent-spoof sitcom, Get Smart. But […]