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
November 25, 2014
Ever imagined you were one of the Jonas Brothers? No? Well, you can live that experience now with the rare opportunity to own a piece of washed-up-boy-band history. The brothers’ snazzy pad in Westlake, Texas is on the market for a cool $3.2 million… and all joking about the Disney Channel grads aside, it’s pretty damn good looking. The home […]
November 24, 2014
When Robin Williams passed away earlier this year, he left behind Villa Sorriso (“villa of smiles”), a 640-acre Napa vineyard estate of breathtaking beauty. The estate was initially listed some months ago for $29.9 million; now the price has been dropped to $25.9 million. Situated in the heart of America’s most-celebrated winemaking region, Villa Sorriso features 5 bedrooms and 6 […]
November 21, 2014
Richard Marx, soft rock crooner of the early ’90s, has listed his palatial Chicaco-area mansion for a cool $18 million. Name not ringing a bell? I’ll bet that, somewhere buried in the recesses of your memory, you remember the Top 40 ballads “Right Here Waiting For You” and “Now and Forever.” Luckily for you, you can’t hear me currently wailing […]
November 20, 2014
Debra Messing, of Will and Grace and The Mysteries of Laura, just bought up a beautiful eighth-floor co-op unit on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a scant half block from Fifth Avenue and Central Park. Asking price for the home was $5.499 million; Messing was able to negotiate that down a scooch to $5.45 million. The unit boasts beautiful […]
November 18, 2014
America’s most-renowned tabloid fixtures, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, may be dealing with a case of buyers’ remorse regarding the large, beautiful French Country-style estate in Southern California for which they dropped $20 million this past summer. Evidence? The home may be back on the market. It just depends who you ask. The 8,000 square foot estate in Hidden Hills […]
November 17, 2014
It’s a home fit for a “Real Housewife” – and trust me, it looks it. Teresa Giudice is headed to the slammer in 2015, to be followed by her husband Joe when she’s finished with her 15-month federal sentence. In advance of her trip to the big house, the Giudices are attempting to unload their extravagant Towaco, New Jersey manse […]
November 14, 2014
Goombas and molls take note: the Staten Island mansion where “The Godfather” was filmed is back on the market. You could own a piece of silver screen history, for the price of just $2.89 million. The posh Tudor-style home located at 110 Longfellow Avenue in the desirable Todt Hill neighborhood was used for exterior shots in the iconic film, including […]
November 13, 2014
Looking for a sharp NYC rental? I’ve got one for you. It’s on East 22nd Street, it takes up a full floor, and it has some of Manhattan’s best views. The price for all this amazingness? Oh, you know… just $40,000/month. Pocket change, right? The home in question is the pied-a-terre of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and his […]
November 12, 2014
Christina Ricci, also known as Wednesday Addams, finally sold the Hollywood Hills nest she’s had listed since January. The actress and new mom unloaded the chic Los Feliz bungalow for $1.37 million. That’s a 19% drop over the original asking price of $1.695 million, and a good bit less than she bought it for in 2005: $1.505 million. The abode […]