In Philly, the renters keep on coming.
Philadelphia's renter base grew faster over the last 10 years than those of most other big cities, bringing the city closer to an even split between homeowners (now 52 percent) and renters (48...
Philly ranks 49 of 62 as best cities to live in
With about 80 percent of the U.S. population living in urban areas, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently released its report on "2018's Best Big Cities to Live In."To take the guesswork out of...
PREIT wants emerging, ‘Uniquely Philly’ retailers for Fashion District Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, which is redeveloping the Gallery, has teamed up with the Enterprise Center on Uniquely Philly, an effort to identify emerging companies to lease space and grow...
A second new Target on its way to South Philly
It’s a good time to own surface parking lots in greater Center City. As real estate values climb skyward, these vestiges of the city’s formerly moribund market have become hot commodities —...
Philly Real Estate Week hopes to bridge information gap
A first annual Real Estate Week is coming to Philly this spring, and with it, organizers are hoping to bring lesser-known information on urban planning, home ownership and the structure of the city...
Ready to buy or sell? Here’s how to pick a real estate agent
Real estate agents promote themselves with yard signs, online ads, direct-mail postcards, and even sponsored public benches. So cutting through the advertising hype and finding the right agent can be...
How staging a home can attract a buyer and bump up a sale price
As much as you love them, your great aunt’s old brown armoire and the gold leafy wallpaper you couldn’t live without could be stumbling blocks for a potential home buyer.If you want to sell...
How this FHA loan can help you repair your home
Got your eye on a fixer-upper or a foreclosure home? A Federal Housing Administration home loan program can help you buy the place and give it a makeover, too.An FHA-insured Section 203(k) loan allows...
