Sandy Smith

Home and Real Estate Editor

Sandy Smith is Philadelphia magazine’s Home and Real Estate editor. A Kansas City native, he has called Philly home for more than 35 years. He reports on houses for sale, condos for sale, apartments for rent, new construction, development and trends in the Greater Philadelphia real estate market.

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Where to Live if You Love Walking to Great Restaurants

Feast your eyes on these communities with lots of dining choices.

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City Life

Everything You Need to Know to Thwart Porch Pirates

Here’s how to make sure that package you ordered gets to you.

City Life

Philadelphia Lost More Than 50,000 Residents During the Pandemic

After two consecutive census cycles of celebrated population increases, Philadelphia has lost most of that gain since the onset of the pandemic.

City Life

SEPTA Bus Revolution Winners and Losers

One big winner, but mixed results everywhere else.

Philly Real Estate Showdown:
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Property Showdown: A House in the Woods vs. a House by the Water

Both feel at one with the outdoors.

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Living in Chadds Ford: A Neighborhood Guide

History and artistry meet on the banks of Brandywine Creek.

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Where to Live in the Philadelphia Region if You Love the Arts

Painting, sculpture, theater, music — you name it, the Philly area’s got it. Especially in these communities.

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A Guide to Philly’s Trinities: The Original Tiny Houses

The workforce housing of its day, these stacked houses are as old as — and unique to — this city.

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The Bellevue 4.0 Nears the Finish Line

This latest go-round for the Grande Dame of Broad Street adds apartments to the mix.

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Down the Shore: Italian Bayside Villa in Ventnor

Italy on the outside, Gilded Age on the inside, and built to entertain.

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Where to Live in the Philadelphia Region if You Love Nature

Great places to live close to some of the best nature preserves in the region.

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Inside The Ryland, the Fourth Society Hill Tower

The new building respects its elders while showing how much things have changed since the Sixties.

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Living in Lansdowne: A Neighborhood Guide

One of the region’s first middle-class suburbs takes pride in its past.

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A Rittenhouse Square Japanese-Inspired Makeover

After being rehabbed nearly to death, a local interior design firm both revives and transforms this 19th-century townhouse’s soul.

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Showdown: A Baker Townhouse vs. A Trumbauer Estate

Both buyers had an eye for architecture.