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What $500K Will Buy You Right Now

We haven’t checked out what’s happening in the middle of the region’s real estate market in a little while, so we decided it was time […]

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Vision Restored in Penn Valley for $1.6M

The best Midcentury Modern architects sought to erase the boundary between indoors and outdoors in the homes they designed. Philip Johnson’s Glass House in Connecticut […]

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The Hills Are Alive… in Mt. Airy for $800K

I can’t say whether Mt. Airy’s reputation drew them here as it did so many other families in the years that followed, but as the […]

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On the Market: Bold and Beautiful in Fishtown for $560K

What a difference four feet make. The slightly wider lot this four-year-old modern rowhouse sits on allowed its builder to throw in some very nice […]

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Gothic Romance in Wayne for $4.195M

The 1920s were something of a golden age for English Gothic architecture. Many fine Gothic Revival churches, academic buildings and homes both here and elsewhere […]

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Great Room in Bryn Mawr for $500K

You should be able to figure out something’s afoot with this modest-looking stone Colonial just below Bryn Mawr Hospital in the Delaware County portion of […]

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Stone Lovely in Chestnut Hill for $750K

Fans of Chestnut Hill love its blending of suburb and city. Its commercial district exudes a sophisticated urban vibe, while its residential side streets are […]

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The Master’s Touch in Elkins Park for $607.5K

Besides whoever it was that built the first center-hall Colonial back in Colonial times, no other architect has had as great an influence on how […]

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Oceanfront Home Sells for Record Price in Avalon

Avalon, the town that occupies the north half of Seven Mile Island in Cape May County, N.J. likes to remind visitors that it’s “cooler by […]

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On the Market: Rooms for Everything in Mt. Airy for $430K

You may recall that some months back, my monthly print-edition essay described how a revolt may be brewing against the ubiquitous open-plan main floor. Builders promote such […]

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Future History in Ft. Washington for $2.8M

Mark my words: About 50 years from now, someone will nominate Sheaff Lane in Fort Washington as a National Register historic district. Why? Because a […]

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5 Gracious Main Line Rentals

Looking to live on the Main Line without spending a ton of money to do it? You might want to consider renting while you contemplate […]

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5 Great Opportunities in the City for the Would-Be Gardener

The Philadelphia Flower Show’s 190th annual edition is now one for the record books, but we’re sure that some of you out there came away […]

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A Tudor Fit for Henry in Wayne for $1.943M

You’ve surely seen films where aging barons or dowagers rattle around the dusty, empty rooms of some huge palace, half of which they never even […]

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The New Old World in Bella Vista for $950K

South Philly is dotted with modest row homes whose owners have dolled them up over the years, putting up new facades, expanding them, rearranging the […]