Real Estate Advice

When you’re buying or selling a home, it helps you understand not only the local real estate market, but some of the national trends that may effect your home selling or buying journey.

Our experienced team of real estate agents bring decades of collective experience to the table and regularly use this section of the website to offer their best tips and advice for sellers and buyers.

We hope you enjoy the advice we offer here! For an analysis of your home’s value or for help finding the right property in the Philly area, speak with one of our talented real estate agents or directly contact the CenterCityTeam office: 215.440.2093

February 19, 2015
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Inside Channing Tatum’s Beverly Hills Home

One can easily get jaded looking at pictures of beautiful homes all the time. After a while, you see a fantastic Hollywood mansion and it looks the same as just about every other one. An occupational ennui sets in, so to speak. It’s the only reason I can fathom why the writers at Curbed LA decided to call Channing Tatum’s […]
February 17, 2015
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Celebrity Real Estate Shorts: 2/17/15

Joan Rivers has been dead for five months now, and her Upper East Side (Manhattan) penthouse is on the market. The swanky home is listed for $28 million. Rivers herself had been trying to unload the penthouse since 2012. She had it listed at $29.5 million. The home is a triplex of 5,100 square feet sporting decor that sources say […]
February 12, 2015
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City Confronts Problem of Abandoned Buildings

A review by Philadelphia’s City Controller has found that there are over 100 buildings throughout the city that are abandoned and derelict enough to pose an “imminent threat.” Controller Alan Butkovitz is calling for the city to take action and tear these buildings down. Abandoned buildings pose a number of potential hazards. Troublemakers and the homeless may “squat” in these […]
February 11, 2015
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Sneaking a Peek at ScarJo’s New Nest

2014 was a banner year for Scarlett Johansson. She reprised her role as the Black Widow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, she gave birth to her first child, and she bought some new real estate. Turns out that Johansson slipped right below radar with the purchase of her latest home, an angular 1940s beauty sitting on almost a full […]
February 9, 2015
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Steve Martin Selling Concrete Bunker

Actor and novelist Steve Martin has listed one of the most unique properties I’ve seen in a while. Make entirely of concrete and looking more like a bunker than a house, the home is definitely not something you see every day. The home is located near Montecito, California, and Martin has resided there for over twenty years. It was designed […]
February 4, 2015
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Celebrity Real Estate Shorts: 2/4/15

Nick Jonas, the Jonas brother quickly gaining a reputation as “the scandalous one,” is unloading his home above the Sunset Strip. His gorgeous Mediterranean home dates back to 1938, which explains its timeless vibe. With four bedrooms and 4.5 baths spread over 3,175 square feet, there is plenty of room to roam. Large gates and the home’s position at the […]
January 29, 2015
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Leighton Meester Lists Encino Home

Leighton Meester is best known for having played snooty Blair Waldorf on the hit CW show “Gossip Girl.” Blair, a gorgeous socialite, got up to no end of intrigues and schemes alongside her best friend Serena and on again/off again lover, Chuck Bass, but Meester herself is a lot more low-key. She’s been wedded for almost a year to fellow […]
January 27, 2015
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Faith Hill and Tim McGraw Sell Part of Tennessee Parcel

When you are trying to unload a large plot of land, sometimes the best thing to do is to break it up. That’s the lesson learned for country supercouple Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, who have been trying to unload 753 acres of property in Franklin, Tennessee. Located just outside of Nashville, the property consists of several residences separated by […]
January 26, 2015
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Philly Homeowners Seek Riches In Pope’s Visit

Pope Francis’ visit to the United States later this year is a big deal, and a staggering number of people are expected to descend upon Philadelphia in September when the pontiff arrives. There are 65,000 hotel rooms within a 60 mile radius of the city. That sounds like a lot until one realizes that the number of folks anticipated to […]