Donald Pearson, chairman, Kurfiss Sotheby’s International Realty, is pleased to announce that Lisa Frushone has joined the company’s New Hope office. Licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, she has been a consistent top-producing realtor in Bucks and Hunterdon counties, having represented estate residences, equestrian and farm properties, new construction, land and commercial properties. “Lisa’s extensive …
Philadelphia Top City for Buyers
Home buyers in Philadelphia are now calling the shots, reports Zillow’s Market Research team. Home sellers have the power if you live in the technology corridors of San Jose, San Francisco and Seattle. On average, the ZHVI (Home value Index) was up 3.9 percent over the same time last year. In Philadelphia, those values only …
Welcome, Michael Hirsch!
Donald D. Pearson, chairman, Kurfiss Sotheby's International Realty, is pleased to announce the addition of Michael A. Hirsch to the Kurfiss SIR marketing team. Hirsch will be the content marketing coordinator responsible for videography and editing, still photography and web content creation and dissemination. "Consumer interest in information that goes beyond the basic data points that …
A Special Relationship: The Wall Street Journal
Relationships are key in the real estate business, whether person to person or business to business. One relationship that Sotheby's International Realty and affiliates are proud to acknowledge - and glad to capitalize on - is with the Wall Street Journal. Today's WSJ Real Estate Section Online features a gallery of iconic images by the …
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Close the Door! Do You Live in a Barn? Oh, Maybe You Do.
We at Kurfiss Sotheby's International Realty are joining the Pennsylvania State Legislature in celebrating 2015 as the Year of the Pennsylvania Barn. Why, you ask, would our elected officials feel the need to honor these structures? Why would Kurfiss Sotheby's International Realty join in on the celebration? Well, my inquisitive reader, the answers, like so many, …
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In The Shadows of Villanova, Young Minds Are Nurtured
The children and young minds in Bryn Mawr are fed a continuous drip of why education, faith and paying it forward are so important to a bright future. The towering spires of Villanova University beckon the region's brightest minds to join, if you have what it takes. Just south of the campus, you will find …
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Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show is This Weekend
This weekend is Philadelphia's 21st Annual Philadelphia Invitational Furniture Show, opening Friday night at the 23rd Street Armory near the Rittenhouse Square, Fitler Square, and Art Museum areas. This years show will showcase creations by an array of artisans, and features a preview gala that benefits Audubon Pennsylvania. Expect to see fine and handcrafted furnishings that …
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42 Reasons to Stage Philadelphia Real Estate
To or not to stage? The answer is often an emphatic YES. Our agents often have to have important discussions with clients about how others will perceive their homes, and how staging - in small or extensive degrees - can help market and sell your home. Online images are the primary way that most potential …
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The Video Game: Presenting Your Property In Motion Picture
In a competitive market, particularly as it is with real estate in Philadelphia, Realtors have to be resourceful about marketing tools and accessing buyers using the best media. It's a marketing science, far more exact and involved than the 'baking cookies smell' wafting from the doors of an open house, or simply having a strategically …
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The Accent Wall
The accent wall is still a thing. Good Housekeeping has some cool suggestions.
Kurfiss Sotheby's International Realty 