Buying or selling a home can be a huge financial and emotional move for your family. Choosing a good real estate agent is key to having a good experience. You need to have a partner in the process to walk you through the difficult parts and help expedite the closing …

If you’ve had a home buying or selling experience that wasn’t quite what you expected (or hoped for), you may be familiar with some of the realtor tricks to watch out for. From communication mishaps to “administrative fees,” real estate agent tricks and traps can be frustrating and costly …

Philadelphia’s downtown, historic city core is known as Center City. Many Philadelphians call this area home. In fact, Center City is the third most populated of any U.S. central business district. The community consists of several distinct neighborhoods, from the affluent homes in Society Hill to the centrally located …

Buying your home may just be the biggest purchase you make in a lifetime, so it’s important to make sure you have the right person on your team representing you. When you’re house hunting, it’s helpful to know what to ask a realtor when buying a home. There are questions …

If you’re a suburbanite thinking about heading back to the city, you should begin doing your homework before you begin working on finding your home. Deborah Schultz (left), who moved with her husband Arthur Salter from Bala-Cynwyd to Center City One in June 2015, offers some advice for older homeowners …

Arthur Salter and Deborah Schultz, ready to unpack their new life as city-dwellers once again.

When you’re looking to make a major transition, such as a move from a large suburban home to a smaller pad in the city, it helps to have a knowledgeable real estate agent who …

By Realtor and Retirement Real Estate Specialist Carmel Archdekin

What are the Center City neighborhoods that appeal most to those empty-nesters moving back from the ‘burbs?

Topping the list is Rittenhouse Square, long the city’s most prestigious address. Its combination of high-end shopping, abundant dining options, and the city’s premier …

The SLS Lux hotel and residences, now under construction at Broad and Spruce streets, could become a retirement community in the sky as sophisticated retirees return to Center City Philadelphia to live.

The kids having flown the coop and the obligations of work behind them, a growing number of retirees are …

What sort of places are older empty-nesters looking at when they contemplate moving (back) to Philadelphia?

Carmel Archdekin says that her clients are looking mainly for new construction or recently renovated properties.

“Most of these people want new. They want beautiful. They want renovated. They’re buying homes …