Real Estate
Philly Houses Are Selling Faster — and for More Money — Than Ever. How Long Can That Last?
So, how out-of-control is the real estate market hereabouts right now? The following two tales might clue you in. The first comes from Cherise Wynne, […]
Want to Buy a House in the Poconos? You’d Better Move Fast
First things first: Make sure your wallet is fully loaded. As agent Bev Waring of Keller Williams’s Stroudsburg office puts it, when you go house-hunting […]
On the Market: Renovated Townhouse in Rittenhouse Square
Given all the effort that goes into renewing a house, it should surprise no one that first-time rehabbers are proud of their work and eager […]
During COVID, We Moved Out of Our Fishtown Rowhouse Into a Rural Farmhouse
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How Philly’s Bioscience Sector Is Driving the City’s Next Big Real Estate Boom
Philadelphia’s life sciences sector is right about where Michael Jordan was in 1989. If you’re into sports history, you know 1989 was a break-out year […]
We’ve Entered a Historic Seller’s Market. Now Agents Just Need Houses to Sell.
Every spring, the real estate industry gears up for its biggest season of the year. But when Governor Wolf ordered a shutdown in March, all […]
3 Ways the Coronavirus Crisis Is Expected to Shape Housing Prices in and Around Philly
Robin Gordon of BHHS Fox & Roach Realtors recently told me a story: Clients of hers, a couple, had moved from Gladwyne into the city […]
‘We Bought Our House Without Ever Seeing It’
As of May 2oth, buying and selling real estate is now a “life-sustaining business” in Pennsylvania. That means that real estate agents can once again […]