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Best Philadelphia Condos- Top Ten for 2009
Much like fashion, restaurants, and bedspreads at Restoration Hardware, the popularity and demand for specific Philadelphia condo buildings does come in and out of vogue. Though essentially a buyers market, the following ten Center City condos have withstood the test of time, and generally garner more interest from buyers than sellers. [Learn More...]

Condos near Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia

Every spring, my phone starts ringing off the hook with students and or parents of students who will be attending Jefferson Medical School. Many of these folks have figured out that buying a condo in the area is a wise investment, as opposed to a long term rental. [Learn More...]

The Sizzle Sells the Condo

The anticipation of a new condo project can outweigh the reality of the finished product, as buyers really aren’t sure of how the finished project is going to sell, once completed. [Learn More...]

The Cache of Many Philadelphia condo Buildings

...the path between the perception and value is a short one
If the adage location, location, location were as etched in stone as it is etched in many buyers minds, then there would be little price difference between The Wanamaker House Condominiums at 2020 Walnut St. [Learn More...]

Depreciation and Appreciation in the Center City Condo Market
As Heidi Klum would say, "One Day You Are In, and The Next Day, You Are Out". That notion, if stretched and reworked a bit, could be somewhat applicable to condos in Center City Philadelphia. [Learn More...]

Misguided Philly Condominium Developers
Big-brained idealists with little local real estate knowledge have been breaking ground new condominium developments in record numbers in the past decade here in the US. Not every ground breaking is indeed Ground-Breaking [Learn More...]

Spruce Street condos and Pine Street condos in downtown Philadelphia
Along (what I have dubbed) the Spruce/Pine corridor here in Center City Philadelphia, there are a variety of low rise/Brownstone styled condominiums that have seemed to perform reliably well over the past decade. From studios to three bedroom units, these condominiums resell fairly well [Learn More...]

Your parents sold the house where you grew up and you are not welcome in their new penthouse in Old City
You can never go home again. Especially when your parents have unloaded that five bedroom ranch house in the suburbs in lieu of an urban penthouse in Center City Philadelphia. [Learn More...]

Buying New Construction Condos in Philadelphia can really be awful
Buying a new construction condo can really try one’s patience. From delays in proposed settlement dates, to varying opinions of what constitutes a finished product, can really be a pain in the butt. [Learn More...]

New Philadelphia condos can depreciate
Similar to the initial depreciation when buying a new car, condos in Philadelphia can initially depreciate, once they have been purchased-even in a stable real estate market. There is clearly a value to buying something new, and not used. Be it a purse, a TV, or a condo. [Learn More...]

You Are Not an Idiot

....but the home buying process may make you feel otherwise

I am sometimes accused of being indifferent to the mental trauma thrust upon buyers, especially first time buyers, as they drive down the fairway in life knowing as the home buying process. [Learn More...]

Condominiums are Getting a Bad Rap

Has the condo market been overbuilt, or overpriced?

It can be no surprise that the condominium market in particular has drawn the short end of the stick in the recent housing downturn. From high rise to loft/Brownstone styled condos, the market seems unyielding harsh to the presence of a growing number of unsold condo units. [Learn More...]

Hard vs. Soft Loft

Center City Offers a buffet of living arrangements.
Almost any Center City condominium, with a smattering of exposed brick, attempts to pass itself off as a loft. Often sought after as an expression of one’s own style, loft living has taken off in downtown Philadelphia. [Learn More...]

The $40,000 Washer/Dryer

Not giving an inch may cost you a mint in a real estate transaction.

Back in the 1960's, Tarryton Cigarettes had the saying "I'd Rather Fight Than Switch". Personally, I think I would give up my specific brand of cigarettes than take a solid punch in the face. But fighting is what some folks like to do, at least verbally, and this characteristic is often played out during the back and forth volleying of buying or selling a home. [Learn More...]

Condominium Pet Policies and Resale Value
How might the former affect the latter in a Philadelphia condominium?
Pet policies throughout the Philadelphia condominium landscape are as varied as the associations who put forth their rules regarding pets. From exceedingly liberal, to exceedingly exclusionary [Learn More...]

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