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
January 23, 2015
Every little girl loves a Barbie doll. Some little girls, however, never quite outgrow their obsession with the terminally-smiley, impossibly-proportioned toy. Just think about those weirdos who spend thousands on surgery to look as bombastic and plastic to mimic Barbie’s oversized bosom and teeny-tiny waist. On the other hand, not ever grown-up who loves Barbie is strange. Take, for example, […]
January 15, 2015
Beloved, belated celebrity Bob Hope’s home recently hit the market for the first time ever. The Hope family, Bob and his wife Dolores, had the home built in 1939 by a celebrity architect in the Hollywood Regency style and lived in it for sixty years, until Bob’s death in 2003 and Dolores’ death in 2011. At the time of the […]
January 12, 2015
I may as well admit it right up front: I freakin’ love Target. I love shopping there and I love wandering the aisles. I love the big red shopping carts, the Dollar Spot, the food court pretzels, and the generic brands. My first job was even at Target – back in high school I worked a stint as the fitting […]
January 9, 2015
New parents Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have listed their New York City apartment, according to news reports. The unit is located at the tony, exclusive Porter House on Ninth Avenue. The two-bedroom unit is on the market for $3,995,000. It clocks in at a smidge under 1,700 square feet and features ultra-modern touches like dark hardwoods, Viking kitchen appliances, […]
January 8, 2015
Most every celebrity home that I cover over here on the blog is pretty swoon-worthy. Celebrities may be just like us in a number of ways, but the style in which they live is seldom one of them. From “modest” condos decked out with gourmet kitchens and private balconies to horse stables, double-digit numbers of bedrooms, and attached bowling alleys, […]
January 7, 2015
Alyssa Milano, actress, has listed her condo in West Hollywood. Milano, who currently stars in the TV series “Mistresses” as Savannah Davis, has owned the home herself for only a year or two. With a price tag of $1,399,000, this unit at the Empire West is fit for a celebrity. The condo is a corner unit with 2,252 square feet […]
January 5, 2015
It’s a known fact that home sales slow down in the winter. Not only do buyers prefer to do their home shopping during the warmer months – just think of how unpleasant it is to get in and out of the car to attend showings in the freezing cold – but, for many of the same reasons, sellers would rather […]
January 2, 2015
TV talk show host Meredith Viera has purchased a pied-a-terre penthouse in New York City’s Upper West Side. Her new unit is located in the city’s famed El Dorado co-op, the building from which Bruce Willis recently just sold his home. Viera’s unit is a three-bedroom beauty, newly renovated in a delightful contemporary style. The apartment first went on the […]