Real Estate
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App to Help People Build Their Own Homes Hopes to Take Advantage of Booming Interest in Bucks County
Welcome Homes, a New York City-based tech platform to help users build their own homes, is entering the Philadelphia-area market in hopes of capitalizing on the growing interest in Bucks County, writes Michaela Althouse for Technical.ly. The startup uses tech to help those who want to build their own homes. Using the Welcome Homes platform,…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Gorgeous New Hope Manor Home with Stunning Custom Details
A gorgeous manor home with six bedrooms and six full and three half bathrooms is available for sale in New Hope. This stunning residence is nestled on estate-like grounds that cover a spacious 13.19 acres and provide highly-coveted privacy. In addition to the main house, the property is also home to a pond with a…
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Suburban Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Competitive Rental Markets in 2022
Suburban Philadelphia ranked among the top 20 most competitive rental markets in the nation in 2022, writes Veronica Grecu for RentCafe. It ranked at No.17 nationally with a competitive score of 78.1. This is significantly higher than the city itself which has a competitive score of 65.6. Suburban Philadelphia is an attractive Northeastern location where…
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Once Storied and Majestic Lynnewood Hall Falls Into Disrepair
Lynnewood Hall, a once majestic 110-room residence located in Elkins Park in neighboring Montgomery County, has fallen into disrepair after being abandoned for 25 years, write Josie Adnitt and Chiara Fiorillo for the Mirror. The property was built for Peter Arrell Browne Widener, an investor in the Titanic, between 1897 and 1900. The mansion covers…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: New Hope Property That Gives Wine Lovers Nothing to Whine About
If the new owners of 368 Thompson Mill Road, New Hope, cracked open a fresh bottle of vino once a week to celebrate their purchase, the onsite wine cellar could hold enough stock for almost three years straight without needing to replenish. It holds 1,000 bottles. But that’s only one of a number of stunning…
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Jersey Shore Estate with Ocean Views from Every Room — ‘Most Talked-About House in Past 23 Years’ — Hits Market
Countless Chester County residents flock to the Jersey Shore every year in the summer. If you’re one of them and vacationing in the vicinity of Long Beach Island, you’ll want to check out a 9,000-square-foot estate that just hit the market. It boasts an ice cream parlor, butterfly habitat, and koi pond, writes Lisa Dukart…
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Divine Intervention May Have Ended Controversy Over Use of Bush House Hotel in Quakertown
Bush House Hotel has partnered with the Quakertown Ministerium to open a social service resource center at its property. It will be available to both the residents of the rooming house and the greater Quakertown community. The collaboration may put an end to ongoing controversy surrounding the property. Over the course of its history, it…
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Doylestown Family Leaves Cramped Condo, Opts to Duck into Roomier Cape Cod
The pandemic lock down brought the Roux family of Doylestown — dad Miles, mom Heidi, seven-year-old son Gus — to a dilemma: Either remain in their cramped condo or find a bigger nest elsewhere. They opted for the latter, according to Laura Hoover, who got the details’ ducks in a row for The Philadelphia Inquirer.…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Start Saving Your Pocket Change for the Most Expensive Home Countywide
Interested in 600 River Road in New Hope? It’s a gorgeous property: new construction, sleek design, four bedrooms, waterfront access, infinity pool. But it’ll require sufficient resources to meet the $8 million asking price. It is, according to current real estate statistics, the most expensive home currently on the market in Bucks County. Google Maps…
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Of Five Bucks County Communities Ranked for Fastest-Growing Home Prices, One Hit No. 1
Over the past several years, the pandemic has been the driving force behind the real estate boom that sent home prices soaring in the Phila. area, reports Stacker. Among 30 communities in the southeast corner of Pa. noted for fastest residential real estate price jumps, five are in Bucks County. New Hope ranked first, with…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: What Kintnersville-Focused Nature-Loving Buyer Wooden Love This?
A residential real estate buyer looking for natural elements woven into a home’s aesthetic will fall for 340 Kintner Road, Kintnersville, quicker than a tree chewed through by a beaver. The property not only sits handsomely on a wooded lot, it also features plenty of timber in its design. The face of the home is…
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Affordable Senior Community Opens in Sellersville; Trends I.D. It as the ‘Hottest Apartment Amenity’
Grace Inspired Ministries (GIM), a Telford faith-based senior nonprofit, has partnered with developer Leon N. Weiner & Assoc., Inc. (LNWA) of Wilmington, Del., to build Sellersville Senior Residences (SSR). The project’s ribbon cutting was late last month. SSR is an affordable and supportive housing community for adults 55 years and older. It comprises 50 apartments,…
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Fast Food Chain Executive Shakes Free of a Carversville Property; It’s by No Means a Shack
Shake Shack executive Andrew McCaughan has put his co-owned 17th century Carversville home on the market. Lisa Dukart supplied a menu of its features in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The property, near New Hope, began as a log cabin that dates to 1690. That original structure has been incorporated into subsequent renovations, now existing as…
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Page Continues to Turn for Doylestown’s Former Library as It Transition to Condos
Multilevel units for residences are replacing the former multilevel shelves for books that once lined the walls of 50 N. Main St. in downtown Doylestown. The ongoing renovation of the former library there will result in The Residences, an upscale condo, as reported by Freda R. Savana in the Bucks County Herald. The site will…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: A Craftsman-Style Doylestown Home with No Reason to Tool Around With
Past editions of BUCKCO.Today’s House of the Week features have highlighted local homes that go back centuries. They provide plenty of vintage charm, often with preserved elements from the 19th, 18th, or even 17th Centuries. But for the new-home shopper seeking an interesting blend of retro and current, the Craftsman-style house at 401 Linden Avenue,…
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Delaware County Home ‘Grew Up’ With the Family; Now, It’s for Sale
“We fell in love with the Middletown area because it’s so green,” says Tony DeCicci. He built a Delaware County home there for himself and his wife, Maria Bucco in the mid-1990s, writes Paul Jablow for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Middletown has been a great place to raise their children and accommodate DeCicci’s mother before she…
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Newtown Homeowner Wishes His Dwelling a Happy 200th Birthday, Throws the Structure a Party
In the climax to the Dec.’s perennial film It’s a Wonderful Life, character George Bailey runs down the street of his hometown and bids his business — a building and loan — a Merry Christmas. Tony Petsis of Newtown has done something similar, as reported by Jeff Warner in the Advance of Bucks County. Instead…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: An Upper Black Eddy Gem You Won’t Spend Much Time In
1516 River Road in Upper Black Eddy is a home that is so oriented to the great outdoors that it’s new owners may well find themselves not spending much time at all under its roof. The property is just across the Delaware River from Frenchtown and Milford, N.J., where shopping, antiquing, and dining are year-round…
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