October 25, 2011
Philadelphia Among Best Cities To Trick Or Treat! I was just finalizing my Batman costume (yes my wife is Catwoman and our 7 month old son Jackson is the boy wonder Robin) and I came across the Third Annual Zillow Trick or Treat Index which named Philadelphia as the 9th best city to trick or treat in 2011. Last year […]
October 24, 2011
Prudential Fox & Roach, REALTORS recently honored Philadelphia County sales associates for their sales performance at a monthly Breakfast of Champions held at the Philadelphia Country Club. None other than yours truly and John Cesarine were among those honored. Here’s a list of those honored: George Maynes – Art Museum Ezra Roulinavage – Society Hill Johanna Loke – 1818 Rittenhouse […]
October 24, 2011
Patrick Kirkstra wrote a detailed article about a controversial proposal to close Alexander Wilson Elementary, move the students to Lea Elementary, and expand the boundary for the University of Pennsylvania-sponsored Penn Alexander Elementary School that has wreaked havoc on the University City real estate market and flared up tensions regarding gentrification. The school in question is technically named Sadie Tanner […]
October 24, 2011
Travel and Leisure has a cool little feature on its website that allows viewers the opportunity to have a “City Face-Off”. The website tallies user submitted votes on people, nightlife, culture, shopping, food/drinks/restaurants, quality of life, visitor experience, best time to visit, and type of trip to compare two cities. The good news? Philly beats out New York by a landslide. […]
October 21, 2011
Top Philadelphia Neighborhoods – Median Home Prices In a followup to my post about home prices in Philadelphia, here is a list of the top Philadelphia neighborhoods based on median price. 1. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia – $660,500 2. Society Hill, Philadelphia – $652,500 3. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia – $629,500 4. Washington Square West, Philadelphia – $428,298 5. Fairmount South, Philadelphia […]
October 21, 2011
Pennsylvania Ballet to Break Ground on Avenue of the Arts The Pennsylvania Ballet company plans to begin construction at 321 N. Broad St. on a $17.5 million project that will contain five dance studios, offices, and other facilities for the School of the Pennsylvania Ballet building. The Pennsylvania Ballet company received donations totaling $11.2 million that will go towards the demolition of […]
October 21, 2011
Just got done reading an interesting article on Globe Street.com by Hessam Nadji. The article looked at September’s jobs report with respect to the commercial real estate industry and concluded that the economy, while not robust, is nowhere as bad as the talking heads and pundits would have you believe. Rather, the actual data shows positive trends for commercial real estate owners and […]
October 20, 2011
Some Philly Real Estate Perspective To search Philadelphia Real Estate listings for condos, homes and apartments click here. Blog post compliments of CenterCityTeam’s Philadelphia Real Estate Blog Frank L. DeFazio, Esquire Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors – Society Hill 530 Walnut Street, Suite 260 Philadelphia, PA 19106 215.521.1623 Direct 610.636.4364 Cellular 888.308.1148 Fax [email protected] www.CenterCityTeam.com
October 20, 2011
Philadelphia real estate expert and Prudential Fox & Roach Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Flick recently released his Fall 2011 Chairman’s report which discusses where we are currently and where things are likely to go in the following months. Very few individuals have more experience and knowledge of the Philadelphia real estate market so Larry’s advice is usually right on point. […]