Real Estate

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.

Councilmember Cindy Bass wants to put a six-month moratorium on most building demolitions in her district. The move may be unprecedented.

Owners of the former Philadelphia refinery are ahead of schedule demolishing the hulking facility. But there is no guarantee the tank farm won’t reopen.

Homebuyers have paid a premium to live in the Penn Alexander catchment. Will the same trend reshape the Lea school catchment if Penn invests there?