Real Estate

About 20% of homeowners are appealing after Philly’s first assessment in several years shows some big increases in property values.

The money from the city’s Division of Housing and Community Development will help first-time buyers with a down payment or closing costs.

The cost of renting in Philadelphia is lower than many other major cities, but over half of tenants are “cost-burdened.”

Should City Council have say over who’s on the Zoning Board of Adjustment? And should it be larger, with specific types of people on it?

The tax levied on the sale of property went to 4% in 2017. That’s $12,000 on a $300,000 home. Proponents of the bill want to return the tax to 3%.

The plea marks a dramatic fall for the ex-city councilman and business executive who once held a fundraiser at his home for then-President George H.W. Bush.

The historic building is on a fast-changing section of North Broad Street.

As enacted, the ordinance bans kratom and Delta-8 sales within 1,000 feet of a school, playground, or daycare center, preventing a new shop from opening.

Steep penalties against unscrupulous investors aim to protect homeowners from being pressured into below-market sales.

Take a five-minute drive along Bethlehem Pike, and you’ll see six banks. A seventh is coming and an eighth proposed. Why not anything else?

Council President Clarke originally held up the resolution needed to build six homes after hearing neighborhood complaints about parking.

The project at 1201 Normandy Place aims to increase wealth in Black communities through its development.

The owner of an affordable rental project in University City wants to sell the property, and is going to court over a just-passed City Council bill to ban the sale.

If signed into law, property owners would be required to prepare and execute a rat abatement plan before demolishing or fully rehabbing a building.

The Growth Collective will use the money to support seven development companies, all of which are Black-owned and operated.