The new eco-friendly Passive House apartments in Chester County are powered by solar panels, and renters will have no electric bills. And Philly-area landlords are offering perks to attract residents.
The rental market is typically slower in the fall, but it has slowed beyond what’s expected, thanks largely to an influx of new apartments being built and less competition among renters.
Take a look at the results of the National Association of Realtors' latest survey of homebuyers and sellers. And learn how housing prices and the pandemic helped fuel Philly's self-storage boom.
On behalf of tenants, the Public Interest Law Center sued Columbus Property Management, which has 34 apartment complexes in Philadelphia and manages about 4,500 apartments across the Mid-Atlantic.
The National Association of Realtors' annual report surveying homebuyers and sellers also found that buyers' household incomes hit all-time highs, and multigenerational homes are getting more popular.
Let's tour the Philadelphian, Philly's biggest condo building, which is completing $18 million in renovations. And an investigation found Republic bank was engaged in mortgage redlining in New Jersey.
The Philadelphian, completed in 1963, is wrapping up $18 million in renovations. Philly condo buildings constructed decades or even a century ago are striving to keep up with newer ones.
Republic did hardly any mortgage lending in communities that are majority Black, Hispanic, or Asian in N.J., but it did “significant lending” in majority-white neighborhoods, the AG's office said.
A staffer who works for former President Donald Trump’s campaign received the call a little over two weeks after an incident at Delaware County's Republican Party headquarters.
The Phil Pulley-managed apartment building that collapsed was missing inspections. And more Philly landlords are using the Housing Choice Voucher program to fill vacant apartments post-building boom.