Real Estate
Philly’s 17 Most Endangered Properties
The Philadelphia Preservation Alliance has released its annual list of endangered properties, which you can peruse using a map from Curbed Philly. Among those in […]
House Hunting? Georges Perrier, Tom Knox, and Dennis Alter Are Selling
There are literally tens of thousands of homes for sale in and around Philadelphia. Here, a look at some of the most expensive ones, with […]
How Philly Can Keep Millennials in the City After They Have Kids
You may have noticed, but American cities are currently in the midst of a population renaissance. As my generation continues to ditch its cars and […]
Philly’s Best Christmas Lights, According to Increasingly Desperate Real Estate Site
I don’t know about you, but nothing puts me in the mood to do a little house shopping like a floodlit neighborhood overrun with slack-jawed […]
Report: Philly Both Outrageously Expensive, Very Affordable
If you told some Philadelphians that this is the most expensive place to live in the country, they’d probably agree. If you told others that […]
City Council Passes Point Breeze Eminent Domain Bill for Affordable Housing
Thanks to Bill 120755, eminent domain is alive and well in Philly, with City Council passing the measure through its chambers today. The bill, which […]
Rockefeller Center Donates Christmas Tree Lumber to Habitat for Humanity for New Philly Homes
So it turns out Philadelphians can get along with New Yorkers, at least around the holidays. In fact, Rockefeller Plaza has donated lumber from last year’s […]
Whippersnappers, Kidless Boomers Drive Up Center City Real Estate Prices
According to a new Center City District report released today, property prices in Center City rose 13 percent in the first nine months of 2012. […]
Apartments Could Replace Classrooms at West Philly High
West Philly High has a future—just not for educational purposes. According to reports, New York developer Strong Place Partners wants to convert the old building […]
Estate Sale at Georges Perrier’s $2.5 Million House in Chestnut Hill
Curbed came across an interesting posting on Craigslist over the weekend: an ad for an estate sale at Georges Perrier’s home in Chestnut Hill. Among […]
Home Sales Jumped 2 Percent In October
Good news on the economic front: The pace of sales for previously owned homes rose in October in the latest sign of improvement for the […]
100 Properties, $32 Million, 1,102 Years
View Philadelphia’s Biggest Real Estate Delinquencies in a full screen map The above map features the 100 properties that represent the 100 largest real estate […]
Casino Applications Due By End of Day Today
If you want to open up the second casino in Philly, you’d better get moving: the application deadline is today (looking at you, Blatstein). With […]
Let’s All Take Five Seconds and Come Up With Better Casino Names Than These Guys Did
Nothing evokes the jet-set glamour of Monte Carlo days and Casablanca nights like a chic casino moniker. SugarHouse missed that mark by a mile, but […]
Is City Council About to Trade Away Philadelphia’s Walkability Advantage?
When my wife and I decided to move to Philadelphia from Kansas four years ago, one of the first decisions we made was to ditch […]