Article about Philadelphia Real Estate Gentrification

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From my keywords I get the feeling a lot of people are trying to figure out which Philly neighborhoods are "HOT". This article does a good job explaining those areas and the neighborhoods where house prices and rents are appreciating. Sounds like there are really some people not only driving for dollars but pounding the pavement.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Gentrification_in_Philadelphia.html

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There are a bunch of different ways that you can qualify for the abatement....

http://www.phila.gov/OPA/AbatementsExemptions/Page...

There are business development zones that have additional government assistance called Keystone Opportunity Zones, but I don't know much about that expect that they are near the Navy Yard and by 30th and Market.

I don't have any real estate investments in Philly. I'm getting married next year and promised no big investments until after that, but that doesn't stop me from looking.