Residential Real EstateMayor Parker signed into law expanded renter protections that sparked a lawsuit by landlordsThe bills expand protections against landlord retaliation when renters complain about living conditions, allow for rent relief in some cases, and authorize Philly to proactively inspect rental homes.Michaelle Bond See what $540,000 can buy you in the Cherry Hill, Point Breeze, and Limerick housing markets | The Price PointMichaelle Bond Mounting foreclosures around Temple U. spotlight questionable real estate dealsJenna Miller and Ariane Datil SEPTA wants apartments instead of a parking garage near Conshohocken Station Thomas Fitzgerald Landlords tried to stop bills to protect renters. City Council just passed them almost unanimously.Michaelle Bond AdvertisementSome North Philly residents are getting new homes to keep them in their ‘heavily gentrified’ neighborhoodsThe nonprofit Xiente provides subsidized rental housing and financial coaching to move low-income families into middle class through its Mi Casa program. It plans to develop 100 single-family rentals.Michaelle Bond City Avenue’s newest luxury apartment is a sign of the future, rising where a Lord & Taylor once stoodBuildings like the Blayr are attracting young professionals, couples, and empty nesters who want high-end amenities and easy access to Philadelphia and the Main Line, stakeholders said. Denali Sagner Quirky Queen Village home for sale features bright primary colors, glass bricks, and abstract art vibesInspired by the work of Piet Mondrian, the Fitzwater Street home has seen interest from dozens of potential buyers since hitting the market last week. Dana Munro OpinionPhiladelphia needs more housing. So why does Center City still have so many parking lots?More than two dozen sites continue to be used for public parking in Center City, one of Philadelphia’s most desirable residential areas. Those lots are a valuable, untapped resource.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer Conversions of offices to apartments in Philadelphia more than doubled over the last year The office building at 1701 Market St., the Wanamaker Building, and Centre Square are prominent conversion projects built or underway in Center City.Thomas Fitzgerald Philly renter protections advance toward final vote after a landlord lawsuit forced a redoCouncilmember Nicolas O’Rourke, of the Working Families Party, introduced the "Safe Healthy Homes" bills nearly a year ago. They have undergone amendments amid opposition from landlord groups.Anna Orso Cherry Hill rezoned an office park to allow for housing, but don’t expect new construction any time soonA new zoning overlay allows for up to 320 housing units to be built at Three Executive Campus, an office park between Route 70 and Cuthbert Boulevard.Denali Sagner In a rare move, Philly landlords sued to delay a City Council vote on legislation meant to protect rentersCouncil was scheduled to vote Thursday morning on two bills introduced by Councilmember Nicolas O’Rourke that are meant to help Philadelphia renters living in unsafe or unhealthy homes.Michaelle Bond Delco is one of only five counties in the Mid-Atlantic where the typical home is affordable for the typical buyerThe multiple listing service Bright MLS analyzed roughly 90 counties in six states and found that most are unaffordable for homebuyers. In no county can a median-income renter afford a starter home.Michaelle Bond Mayor Parker wants $10 million to bring a factory that manufactures housing to PhillyThe mayor wants to provide jobs for Philadelphians building new homes for other city residents. Jake Blumgart Here’s why homebuyers in the Philadelphia area can afford more expensive homes this yearThe typical Philadelphia-area household can afford to spend $31,000 more to buy a home this year than last year, according to a Zillow analysis.Michaelle Bond As corporations vanish from central Wilmington, Del., apartments are taking their placeThe companies that occupied the corporate headquarters that once loomed over Wilmington's Rodney Square have left. The buildings are becoming residential.Joseph N. DiStefano From proactive inspections to retaliation protection, here’s what Philly renters should know about advancing Council billsThe legislation is meant to protect tenants from retaliation by landlords if they complain about housing conditions. It also would authorize L&I to create a proactive rental inspection program.Michaelle Bond A Cherry Hill apartment complex, the last piece of the billion-dollar racetrack redevelopment, is for saleThe Plaza Grande apartments are part of a housing complex that took almost 20 years to finish. And the rental homes completed the redevelopment of the former Garden State Park horse racing track.Michaelle Bond A suburban office park in Chester County is getting converted to apartments. Is it a sign of things to come?The suburbs have been lagging Philadelphia in replacing vacant offices with housing. Jake Blumgart See more storiesAdvertisement
Mayor Parker signed into law expanded renter protections that sparked a lawsuit by landlordsThe bills expand protections against landlord retaliation when renters complain about living conditions, allow for rent relief in some cases, and authorize Philly to proactively inspect rental homes.Michaelle Bond
Mayor Parker signed into law expanded renter protections that sparked a lawsuit by landlordsThe bills expand protections against landlord retaliation when renters complain about living conditions, allow for rent relief in some cases, and authorize Philly to proactively inspect rental homes.Michaelle Bond
See what $540,000 can buy you in the Cherry Hill, Point Breeze, and Limerick housing markets | The Price PointMichaelle Bond
See what $540,000 can buy you in the Cherry Hill, Point Breeze, and Limerick housing markets | The Price PointMichaelle Bond
Mounting foreclosures around Temple U. spotlight questionable real estate dealsJenna Miller and Ariane Datil
Mounting foreclosures around Temple U. spotlight questionable real estate dealsJenna Miller and Ariane Datil
Landlords tried to stop bills to protect renters. City Council just passed them almost unanimously.Michaelle Bond
Landlords tried to stop bills to protect renters. City Council just passed them almost unanimously.Michaelle Bond
Some North Philly residents are getting new homes to keep them in their ‘heavily gentrified’ neighborhoodsThe nonprofit Xiente provides subsidized rental housing and financial coaching to move low-income families into middle class through its Mi Casa program. It plans to develop 100 single-family rentals.Michaelle Bond
Some North Philly residents are getting new homes to keep them in their ‘heavily gentrified’ neighborhoodsThe nonprofit Xiente provides subsidized rental housing and financial coaching to move low-income families into middle class through its Mi Casa program. It plans to develop 100 single-family rentals.Michaelle Bond
City Avenue’s newest luxury apartment is a sign of the future, rising where a Lord & Taylor once stoodBuildings like the Blayr are attracting young professionals, couples, and empty nesters who want high-end amenities and easy access to Philadelphia and the Main Line, stakeholders said. Denali Sagner
City Avenue’s newest luxury apartment is a sign of the future, rising where a Lord & Taylor once stoodBuildings like the Blayr are attracting young professionals, couples, and empty nesters who want high-end amenities and easy access to Philadelphia and the Main Line, stakeholders said. Denali Sagner
Quirky Queen Village home for sale features bright primary colors, glass bricks, and abstract art vibesInspired by the work of Piet Mondrian, the Fitzwater Street home has seen interest from dozens of potential buyers since hitting the market last week. Dana Munro
Quirky Queen Village home for sale features bright primary colors, glass bricks, and abstract art vibesInspired by the work of Piet Mondrian, the Fitzwater Street home has seen interest from dozens of potential buyers since hitting the market last week. Dana Munro
OpinionPhiladelphia needs more housing. So why does Center City still have so many parking lots?More than two dozen sites continue to be used for public parking in Center City, one of Philadelphia’s most desirable residential areas. Those lots are a valuable, untapped resource.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
OpinionPhiladelphia needs more housing. So why does Center City still have so many parking lots?More than two dozen sites continue to be used for public parking in Center City, one of Philadelphia’s most desirable residential areas. Those lots are a valuable, untapped resource.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
Conversions of offices to apartments in Philadelphia more than doubled over the last year The office building at 1701 Market St., the Wanamaker Building, and Centre Square are prominent conversion projects built or underway in Center City.Thomas Fitzgerald
Conversions of offices to apartments in Philadelphia more than doubled over the last year The office building at 1701 Market St., the Wanamaker Building, and Centre Square are prominent conversion projects built or underway in Center City.Thomas Fitzgerald
Philly renter protections advance toward final vote after a landlord lawsuit forced a redoCouncilmember Nicolas O’Rourke, of the Working Families Party, introduced the "Safe Healthy Homes" bills nearly a year ago. They have undergone amendments amid opposition from landlord groups.Anna Orso
Philly renter protections advance toward final vote after a landlord lawsuit forced a redoCouncilmember Nicolas O’Rourke, of the Working Families Party, introduced the "Safe Healthy Homes" bills nearly a year ago. They have undergone amendments amid opposition from landlord groups.Anna Orso
Cherry Hill rezoned an office park to allow for housing, but don’t expect new construction any time soonA new zoning overlay allows for up to 320 housing units to be built at Three Executive Campus, an office park between Route 70 and Cuthbert Boulevard.Denali Sagner
Cherry Hill rezoned an office park to allow for housing, but don’t expect new construction any time soonA new zoning overlay allows for up to 320 housing units to be built at Three Executive Campus, an office park between Route 70 and Cuthbert Boulevard.Denali Sagner
In a rare move, Philly landlords sued to delay a City Council vote on legislation meant to protect rentersCouncil was scheduled to vote Thursday morning on two bills introduced by Councilmember Nicolas O’Rourke that are meant to help Philadelphia renters living in unsafe or unhealthy homes.Michaelle Bond
In a rare move, Philly landlords sued to delay a City Council vote on legislation meant to protect rentersCouncil was scheduled to vote Thursday morning on two bills introduced by Councilmember Nicolas O’Rourke that are meant to help Philadelphia renters living in unsafe or unhealthy homes.Michaelle Bond
Delco is one of only five counties in the Mid-Atlantic where the typical home is affordable for the typical buyerThe multiple listing service Bright MLS analyzed roughly 90 counties in six states and found that most are unaffordable for homebuyers. In no county can a median-income renter afford a starter home.Michaelle Bond
Delco is one of only five counties in the Mid-Atlantic where the typical home is affordable for the typical buyerThe multiple listing service Bright MLS analyzed roughly 90 counties in six states and found that most are unaffordable for homebuyers. In no county can a median-income renter afford a starter home.Michaelle Bond
Mayor Parker wants $10 million to bring a factory that manufactures housing to PhillyThe mayor wants to provide jobs for Philadelphians building new homes for other city residents. Jake Blumgart
Mayor Parker wants $10 million to bring a factory that manufactures housing to PhillyThe mayor wants to provide jobs for Philadelphians building new homes for other city residents. Jake Blumgart
Here’s why homebuyers in the Philadelphia area can afford more expensive homes this yearThe typical Philadelphia-area household can afford to spend $31,000 more to buy a home this year than last year, according to a Zillow analysis.Michaelle Bond
Here’s why homebuyers in the Philadelphia area can afford more expensive homes this yearThe typical Philadelphia-area household can afford to spend $31,000 more to buy a home this year than last year, according to a Zillow analysis.Michaelle Bond
As corporations vanish from central Wilmington, Del., apartments are taking their placeThe companies that occupied the corporate headquarters that once loomed over Wilmington's Rodney Square have left. The buildings are becoming residential.Joseph N. DiStefano
As corporations vanish from central Wilmington, Del., apartments are taking their placeThe companies that occupied the corporate headquarters that once loomed over Wilmington's Rodney Square have left. The buildings are becoming residential.Joseph N. DiStefano
From proactive inspections to retaliation protection, here’s what Philly renters should know about advancing Council billsThe legislation is meant to protect tenants from retaliation by landlords if they complain about housing conditions. It also would authorize L&I to create a proactive rental inspection program.Michaelle Bond
From proactive inspections to retaliation protection, here’s what Philly renters should know about advancing Council billsThe legislation is meant to protect tenants from retaliation by landlords if they complain about housing conditions. It also would authorize L&I to create a proactive rental inspection program.Michaelle Bond
A Cherry Hill apartment complex, the last piece of the billion-dollar racetrack redevelopment, is for saleThe Plaza Grande apartments are part of a housing complex that took almost 20 years to finish. And the rental homes completed the redevelopment of the former Garden State Park horse racing track.Michaelle Bond
A Cherry Hill apartment complex, the last piece of the billion-dollar racetrack redevelopment, is for saleThe Plaza Grande apartments are part of a housing complex that took almost 20 years to finish. And the rental homes completed the redevelopment of the former Garden State Park horse racing track.Michaelle Bond
A suburban office park in Chester County is getting converted to apartments. Is it a sign of things to come?The suburbs have been lagging Philadelphia in replacing vacant offices with housing. Jake Blumgart
A suburban office park in Chester County is getting converted to apartments. Is it a sign of things to come?The suburbs have been lagging Philadelphia in replacing vacant offices with housing. Jake Blumgart
