Interest Rates

as we roll into Summer 2008…   If you’re in the market to buy real estate right now one of the many details you have to consider are Mortgage Interest Rates. I’m sure you have seen that over the last few weeks they have edged up slightly to just under 6.5% for a 30 year fixed rate […]

Caravan

Putting your house on caravan?? At Elfant Wissahickon Realtors, we spend every Wednesday morning out on caravan, visiting new listings or prospective new listings.  The owners of the company make a point to attend all caravans.  We do this for several reasons.  First, it gives us an opportunity to meet many of our prospective and […]

Historic Germantown

I was born and raised in Germantown. My family lived on the 5100 Block of Keyser until I was six years old. We eventually grew out of the 3 bedroom row home on Keyser Street (7 children can do that) and moved to a large twin home on the 400 block of Manheim Street, right […]

Dining Out Face to Face

Tonight, June 17th, from 5 to 9 pm, restaurants in northwest Philadelphia are participating in a program to raise money for a wonderful local cause.  Face to Face at St. Vincent’s offers a variety of services to residents of Germantown, including a dining room where more than 20,000 people each year receive a hot meal from […]

Philadelphia Rowhouses

The city planning commission developed this incredible resource and fascinating history of the Philadelphia Rowhouse, available here.  It’s a great guide for the row-home-owner and an interesting read for anyone with an appreciation of architectural or Philadelphia history.   Posted by Paul Walsh   addthis_options = ‘favorites, email, digg, delicious, myspace, facebook, google, live, more’; […]

New Blog!

First blog post! I’m Paul Walsh, Associate Broker and Managing Partner of Elfant Wissahickon REALTORS in Philadelphia.  I’m hoping this blog will serve as a resource for Real Estate information, market conditions, sales strategies, how-to’s for buyers, and general info about housing, Philadelphia and anything else I can think up. Stay tuned!     Posted by […]