If you’ve already done your taxes this year, good for you! Hopefully you’re looking forward to a nice refund check. If you haven’t filed your taxes, one reason may be that you expect to owe money and want to put it off as long as possible. Did you know buying a home can have a positive impact on your tax return? If you’re sick of writing that check to Uncle Sam year after year, consider this Continue Reading
Profiles of Philadelphia: Northern Liberties
Ask anyone what the hottest neighborhood in Philadelphia is, and they are likely to say Fishtown/Northern Liberties, two smaller neighborhoods that pretty much run together. Northern Liberties is north of Old City and bordered by Girard Avenue to the north, Callowhill Street to the south, North 6th Street to the west, and the Delaware River to the east. Fishtown is roughly bordered by Delaware Continue Reading
Profiles of Philadelphia: Fairmount
Fairmount, or the Art Museum district is considered one of Philadelphia’s premiere neighborhoods. Often paired with the Spring Garden neighborhood, the area was historically a home for prominent businessmen, but also diverse, as it houses Eastern State Penitentiary (and previously, many of the prison’s workers), and formerly Baldwin Locomotive Works and many breweries, opened in the nineteenth Continue Reading
Why Buying a Home in the Off-Season May Be the Right Choice
The spring and summer housing season is busy in Philadelphia. Without the hassle of winter weather, and the end of the school year right around the corner, many people list their homes Between March and July. They are hoping to capture some of the large number of people who want to close on a home in the late spring and summer months, before school starts again in September. There is definitely Continue Reading
Learn How To Save For Your Home Down Payment Faster
If your goal is to purchase a home, you may find that it’s challenging to save up enough money for your down payment. While this is something that many first time home buyers struggle with, it is by no means insurmountable. By making a few simple changes you will be able to accumulate the funds you need for your down payment. Keep Track Of Your Spending One of the reasons why it can be Continue Reading
4 Things You Must Do When Financing Your First Home
As the events of the past years in the real estate industry show, people forget about the tremendous financial responsibility of purchasing a home at their peril. Here are a few tips for dealing with the dollar signs. #1. Strengthen your credit score Since the real estate bubble burst a few years ago, lenders have tightened their requirements when it comes to borrowers’ credit scores. The Continue Reading
What Millennials Like and Don’t Like About Living In Philadelphia (2012 Infographic)
Since there is so much attention around the number of millennials moving to Philadelphia and how they're transforming the city, I wanted to provide a brief infographic visualizing interesting data from PEW and the Census Bureau. It will give you a look back at where we were with millennials living in Philadelphia between 2006 and 2012, and provide a quick glimpse into what millennials like Continue Reading
5 Questions Before Choosing A Philadelphia Neighborhood To Buy A Home
Need help finding the right Philadelphia neighborhood for your home search? Here are five factors that should figure prominently in your thinking before buying a home in Philadelphia: Great Schools? Even if you don’t have kids, the quality of the schools in a given neighborhood should be high on your priority list. That’s because property values are higher in communities with Continue Reading
First Time Home Buyers Guide to Choose the Perfect Property
For the vast majority of people, buying a home will be the biggest purchase decision of their entire lives. Unlike buying meat from a butcher, you don't get to just peer through the glass, pick some stuff, and then have it bagged and take it home. As a first-time homebuyer, finding the perfect property requires dedication, patience, and a bit of luck. This quick guide will help you through that Continue Reading
Meet The Awesome Francisville Neighborhood Development Corporation
Francisville, one of the many transitioning neighborhoods in Philadelphia, is nestled in the area between Fairmount Avenue to the south, Girard Avenue to the north, Broad Street to the east, and Corinthian Avenue to the west. Before 1839, when the earliest records of Francisville are documented, the area was just referred to as “The Vineyard,” after a failed attempt by William Penn to Continue Reading
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