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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

New Chestnut Hill-Mt. Airy Area Homes For Sale This Week

Find homes for sale in Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy on this page every week, from our partners at Zillow.

More Chestnut Hill Real Estate Listings >> More Mt. Airy Listings >> Best resources for Chestnut Hill-Mt. Airy Real Estate: Winder Real Estate Prudential Fox & Roach, Realtors - Janet Cribbins Martin Elfant Inc Real Estate Elfant Wissahickon Realtors Century 21 Weichert Realtors Exit 1st Choice Realty George Woodward Company Eichler & Moffley Realtors Real Estate Office of Michael Dais

Monday, May 6, 2013

$905K Home Among April House Sales

See what homes sold in April 2013 and how much buyers paid for them.

CHESTNUT HILL MT. AIRY More Real Estate Content: ROXBOROUGH-MANAYUNK  NARBERTH-BALA CYNWYD ARDMORE-MERION-WYNNEWOOD BRYN MAWR-GLADWYNE HAVERFORD-HAVERTOWN  MARPLE NEWTOWN SPRINGFIELD  MALVERN PHOENIXVILLE TREDYFFRIN-EASTTOWN WEST CHESTER MEDIA RADNOR

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Tour a $3.2M Home Owned by Albert Barnes

See the ornate detail Barnes had added to this Merion Station mansion.

A lot has changed in the Philadelphia area since 1951, when Albert Barnes died in a crash in the Phoenixville area. For connoisseurs of the arts, perhaps the biggest change was the recent move of the Barnes Foundation's art collection from Lower Merion Township to its new home in Philadelphia. Now comes another Barnes-related change: One of several homes he owned on Latch’s Lane in Merion Station is going on the market. The asking price: $3,295,000.   The home at 379 North Latch’s Lane has 7 bedrooms, 5 full baths and two powder rooms and 10,000 square feet of living space on the first and second floors, according to Realtor Beth Samberg with Prudential Fox & Roach. The property also comes with a carriage house at the back of the property…

Bender Healing

4:37 pm on Friday, May 3, 2013

I love the woodwork and the door is beautiful...   more ›

Monday, April 1, 2013

$300,000 Homes for Sale in Philly Area

Compare the features available in your price range in different neighborhoods.

Monday, March 11, 2013

$400,000 Homes for Sale in Philly Area

Compare the features available in your price range in different neighborhoods.

Monday, February 25, 2013

West Mt. Airy Named a Top Neighborhood for Investment

West Mt. Airy makes a top 10 list of the best neighborhoods to invest in within Philadelphia.

Philly.com, recently published a top 10 list of the best neighborhoods to invest in in Philadelphia, and West Mt. Airy made the cut. Philly.com used dated from the real estate website Trulia.com to rank the top 10 most searched for neighborhoods in the city. According to Philly.com, West Mt. Airy earned the number eight spot on the list with an average sale price $336,522 from Nov. 2012 to Jan. 2013. To see the complete list please click on the link: here.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Buyer Beware: Should a Home's Gory Past Be Disclosed?

A Delaware County woman filed a lawsuit when she found out her home was the site of a murder-suicide in 2006.

An ABC News report published Monday raises the question of whether home sellers should be legally required to disclose that a home was the scene of a bloody crime.  According to the article, Janet Milliken, 59, purchased a home in Thornton, near Chadds Ford in Delaware County, and later learned it was the scene of a grisly crime: She sued the seller and the real estate agent for fraud and misrepresentation, saying they made a "deliberate choice not to disclose the home's recent past," according to a court document. The trial judge granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, saying state law does not require agents to disclose such events. The judge's ruling was upheld by an appeals court, but Milliken appealed to the state Supreme…

djbemom

11:19 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.....The courts have ruled that this does not HAVE to be disclosed. But simply because it doesn't have to be doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't disclose. I have seen a similar case. The property was marketed as usual but when someone came back for a second time or expressed interest in buying the situation was disclosed to the buyer. The …   more ›

Friday, September 14, 2012

See What a $1m Chestnut Hill House Looks Like

101 W Mermaid Lane is up for sale.

Take a virtual tour of this Chestnut Hill home, valued at $1,250,000.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Area Homes Sold Faster in July

According to a report, homes didn't stay on the market as long in July 2012 as they did in July 2011.

Data of home sales in the Greater Philadelphia Area suggests that people are buying houses faster in 2012 than they were in 2011. Houses in the Greater Philadelphia area spent roughly 15 percent less time on the market in July 2012 than this did at the same time in 2011, according to the Prudential Fox & Roach HomExpert report for July. Houses spent an average of 70 days on the market this summer, down 13 days from 2011’s 83. While the current year’s numbers are an improvement over last year’s, the overall time houses spend on the open market is still up over 27 percent compared to 2010, when the average time on the market for a house was 55 days. The decrease in time spent on the market could be connected to home prices. The median price …

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Home Comparison: Central Air

The Mt. Airy home featured is at 615 W. Phil Ellena Street

This week's Home Comparison feature is at 615 Phil Ellena Street, and has recently been reduced in price. This week's theme is homes with central air conditioning. This newly renovated 1,728-square foot single-family home is within walking distance of Carpenter Woods, the High Point Cafe, and Weavers Way Co-op.  The home has a spacious yard, garage, fireplace, large kitchen, finished basement, and two and a half baths, and a dedicated security system. 

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