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City Council members want homeownership program to be more affordable
13+ hour, 23+ min ago (1531+ words) A neighborhood fight over 30 affordable homes blew up at a Council budget hearing on Wednesday. City Council had harsh words for Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's administration Wednesday about an affordable homeownership program that Council voted to fund multiple times in the…...
Comparing Philly-area homes for sale | Real Estate Newsletter
21+ hour, 55+ min ago (908+ words) And contested renter bills. The Philly region is a diverse place with a wide range of housing types, community vibes, and town amenities. Naturally, typical home prices vary, too. For example, the median home sale price in Philadelphia in March…...
See what $540, 000 can buy you in the Cherry Hill, Point Breeze, and Limerick housing markets | The Price Point
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (866+ words) These homes in Philadelphia's Point Breeze neighborhood; Cherry Hill Township, Camden County; and Limerick Township, Montgomery County, are all listed for sale for $540, 000. The Price Point compares homes listed for similar sale prices across the region to help readers set…...
This Pennsport home had no interior photos with its online listing. For one couple, it was their dream come true. | How I Bought This House
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (823+ words) The buyers: Nick Imparato, 27, program director; Dale Macauley, 28, art director. The house: A 1, 680-square-foot rowhouse in Pennsport with 5 bedrooms and 1" baths built in 1915. The price: Listed for $351, 000, purchased for $352, 000. The agent: Sue Liedke, Compass Real Estate The ask: Nick Imparato…...
After years of delay, the Orens Brothers are back with a new apartment building for Blue Horizon site
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (557+ words) New zoning permits don't mean a groundbreaking is happening any time soon. North Philadelphia's famed Blue Horizon boxing arena at 1314 N. Broad St. has seen four major development proposals since its closure in 2010. The Orens Brothers, a locally based development company,…...
A real estate mogul's ambitious plans | Real Estate Newsletter
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (883+ words) And moving renters up and out. Real estate investor Dean Adler said he's waited 40 years for a moment like this. Vacant offices, rising debt, and elevated construction and financing costs are just some of what folks in the real estate…...
Dean Adler wants to save Philly-area malls, the Bourse, and Center City's biggest office building. Can one developer do it all?
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (1373+ words) Inside real estate mogul Dean Adler's ambitious plan to revive four Philly-area institutions at the same time. Longtime real estate investor Dean Adler sees unparalleled opportunity in the uncertainty of 2026. Post-2022, the real estate industry has been scarred by vacant…...
Some North Philly residents are getting new homes to keep them in their "heavily gentrified" neighborhoods
1+ week, 1+ day ago (921+ words) The nonprofit Xiente provides subsidized rental housing and financial coaching to move low-income families into middle class through its Mi Casa program. It plans to develop 100 single-family rentals. The call that changed Analicia Hernandez's life came from an unexpected place…...
A 120-unit apartment building is planned next to Fishtown's Girard SEPTA station
2+ week, 1+ day ago (594+ words) The apartment building would take the place of a closed dollar store. Over the past 15 years, as Fishtown became the face of neighborhood transformation in Philadelphia, a handful of neglected buildings withstood the tide of redevelopment. One recognizable example is…...
After retirement, they upsized to a Montco farmhouse
2+ week, 1+ day ago (539+ words) The sign under the knotty pine kitchen cabinets in Jean and Carmen Branco's West Norriton farmhouse reads, "All Because Two People Fell in Love." It was a gift from Carmen to Jean, a reminder of how they came to be…...