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Rent Reports: Garbage In, Garbage Out
According to one of the three monthly rent reports produced by the major apartment-search sites, rents for one-bedroom apartments continued their steady upward climb in […]
Report: Philly Ranks 5th in Percentage of Millennials Living at Home
When you reach a certain age, you move out of mom and dad’s house. That’s how it’s supposed to play out at least, right? Oddly […]
Is Philly Facing a Post-Millennial Rental Crash?
Our apartment-building engine continues to chug along. Signs of activity recently sprouted on two more construction sites: Pearl Properties’ proposed 32-story apartment tower at 1910 […]
Report: As More City-Dwellers Rent, Philly Remains an Outlier
As of late, renting is totally in – and no, not just for millennials. People of all age groups have hopped on the bandwagon in […]
Philly Still Among Nation’s Pricier Rental Markets, Survey Says
The good news: Philadelphia remains the second most affordable rental market in the Northeast. The bad news: That doesn’t mean it’s one of the most […]
Survey Finds Fewer Obstacles to Getting an Apartment Here – But It’ll Cost You, Another Study Says
With builders seemingly falling over one another to bring new multi-unit residential properties on line in Philadelphia, it maybe should not come as much of […]
You Really Don’t Want to Rent Here, Number-Crunchers Say
If the silver lining of the Philadelphia housing market is how affordable its homes for sale are, then the state of its rental housing market […]
Is the Rent Here Too Damn High?
The good news is, more new apartments are being built now in Philadelphia. The bad news is, there are even more would-be renters chasing them. […]
Why I Decided to Stop Renting in Philly and Take the Home-Ownership Plunge
I expected my apartment hunt to be over before the weekend. After all, I’ve never been particularly picky. My must-haves were few, and after a […]
Why Philly’s Dropping Rents Are Great for Retaining Talented Millennials
Although Philadelphia is going through an obvious real estate boom, with cranes in the air throughout downtown and luxury homes sprouting up in previously unlikely neighborhoods, it’s […]
Apartments Got Cheaper In Philly This Year, Ranked 16th Highest in the Nation
You might not have noticed this amidst all the openings of new high-end (and high-rent) apartment buildings this year, but the median rent for a one-bedroom […]
Anthony Rapp of Broadway’s RENT Giving Lecture on HIV/AIDS at Jefferson
Broadway performer, author, and advocate Anthony Rapp will be heading to Philadelphia this Thursday, October 29th to present a talk at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital […]
Cory Wade Staring in South Jersey Production of RENT
America’s Next Top Model guru and Philadelphia favorite Cory Wade will be starring in the popular Jonathan Larson musical RENT at the Ritz Theatre Company in […]
Craigslist Landlord Arrested on Fraud Charges
Harry Moore, the man who allegedly scammed potential renters out of thousands of dollars, has been arrested. Philadelphia Police report that on Wednesday, Moore turned himself […]
Rent Watch: Philly’s 3 Most Expensive ‘Hoods for a 1-Bedroom Apartment
It’s the middle of the summer and chances are good that you might be looking for a new place to live. We have a map […]