Category Archives: Luxury Homes

Home Price Survey 2011 | Philly Inquirer

    I think some of these charts may be misleading – especially the charts showing value increases.   Best bet is to single out your zip code and look at the data. For a no nonsense real world / get it sold / assessment from your favorite Realtor (ME) click here! Home Price Survey…

Public schools are critical to Center City’s growth | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/21/2011

This editorial is probably in response to the report issued by Center City District Paul Levy.  We featured the report yesterday in this blog post, entitled Center City Baby Boom. Center City is one of Philadelphia’s great success stories. The literal growth of our core, the boundaries continually expanding, has been critical to the city’s…

Estia – Avenue of the Arts Restaurant

  Center City Restaurant Week offered a great opportunity to try Estia, an elegant Greek restaurant just off the Avenue of the Arts near Center City Condos, Cultural Institutions and Offices. Shortly after being seated, we ordered wine–Retsina, which is a typical Greek white. Our waiter, who displayed the perfect balance between Old World Charm…

New Market Condos from Toll Brothers in Society Hill

More information in this article from Plan Philly on the Head House Square New Market plan.  Toll wants to build condos starting at around $400K with parking.   Toll Brothers has done other city developments including the very successful Naval Square. “If this development moves forward, Toll Brothers plans one- and two-bedroom units with underground parking,…

Toll Bros.’ new Philadelphia Society Hill condo plan

News about the old New Market site in the Philadelphia Society Hill neighborhood.  Toll Brothers has a plan to build 73 brickfront condos with 90 underground parking spaces.  Toll has been very successful with their Naval Square development in Southwest Center City. I recently completed a purchase at Naval Square with my client as buyer…

Scenes of Old Philadelphia | Philly | 08/04/2011

This is from the Inquirer online and features really interesting photos from Philadelphia over the past 100 years.. Scenes of Old Philadelphia | Philly | 08/04/2011.        

Exterior Improvements

Selling your house in this market can be done, particularly if you enlist the help of a competent real estate professional. Putting things in his customary candid fashion, Real Estate Consultant Jonathan Fink says, “It’s a buyers’ market. That’s a fact.  The market doesn’t care what you ‘need’ to make on your house to recoup…

July 2011 Keller Williams National Market Report

Click here to view this email in a web browser.  This report is prepared by Keller Williams and is an overview of national trends. For a more local perspective, contact me today! The U.S. housing market has shown increased stability in home sales during 2011 compared to the previous year. The trend has been an…

The Philadelphia Orchestra is Awesome! – Rant

Please support the Philadelphia Orchestra! Like the Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Facebook Page! Article from NPR about Philly O’s current situation. Article about last night’s leaflet action. ______________________________________________________________________________ Do you realize how good Philly O is? I moved here in 1983 to go to music school mostly because of Philly O. I remember the first concert…

Carol Jantsch and David Murray – Client Spotlight

Carol Jantsch and Dave Murray are well known to the music community in Philadelphia. Carol is the principal tuba player with the Philadelphia Orchestra.  Carol started playing piano at the age of 6 and euphonium at the age of 9.  While at the University of Michigan she auditioned for, and won the principal tuba position…