Inquirer Real Estate News and Transactions
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Farm family staves off sprawl in Bucks
When 90-year-old Sam Snipes was a boy in the 1920s, Falls Township was a bucolic place with about 2,500 people. Nearly all the land was occupied by farms.
Visiting the Shore for holiday fun
Mark Soifer, who's worked to put Ocean City on the map for almost four decades, remembers his early years in town when the Shore closed down after Labor Day and the entire tourist industry started thinking about the next Memorial Day.
Making castoffs into a home
For the unadventurous among us, home decorating is accomplished in stores and by mail: A couch is on sale at this department store; matching wall sconces (weren't we lucky!) are featured in that catalog.
Top Dollar
Existing-home sales up 25.8% in October
First-time buyers racing toward a Nov. 30 deadline for the $8,000 tax credit boosted the Philadelphia region's October sales of previously owned homes 25.8 percent over the level from the same month last year.
On the House: Unsolicited - and odd - refi offer
Jeanne Drake didn't start out thinking that the unsolicited offer from her lender to refinance the mortgage on her condo at the Delaware shore was too good to be true.
Top New Jersey Real Estate Transactions
Following are prices recorded with the counties Aug. 26-31.
Top Pennsylvania Real Estate Transactions
Following are some prices recorded with the city and counties Aug. 26-31.
The Top 50
Following are the top prices recorded with the city and counties Aug. 26-31.
