2026

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Wrightstown Township is considering an ordinance that would require sellers in two specific sewer systems to inspect and repair their lateral sewer lines before a use and occupancy certificate can be issued. If it passes, homeowners connected to the Jane Chapman East or Matthew's Ridge systems would need to get their lines checked and cleared of defects before...

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Lower Merion Township commissioners recently voted to review conceptual plans for renovating Schauffele Plaza in Ardmore and the adjacent parking lot into a pedestrian-friendly civic green space. Two options are on the table, both priced around $9.3 million, with one preserving 18 parking spaces and another removing them entirely in favor of a more complete public...

Even before starting your home-buying journey, you're probably already aware that the numbers aren’t just about the home’s purchase price and your down payment. There are dozens of smaller fees, expenses, credits, and adjustments in the real estate transaction that you need to account for.  This is where the term “cash to close” comes into play. Cash to close is the amount you need to...

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team A local news series out of the Bucks County Herald put some hard numbers to what anyone who has been watching this market already knows. The median home value in Bucks County has reached $446,700, meaning the typical household would need to spend nearly five times its annual income just to buy. Jamie Ridge, president and CEO of the Suburban Realtors Alliance, called...

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Philadelphia is moving forward with one of the largest housing investments in the city's recent history. Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration is issuing $400 million in bonds to fund the first phase of the Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative — a plan centered on building and repairing 30,000 homes across Philadelphia. The milestone comes more than a year...

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Central Bucks School District is looking at a significant tax hike for the 2026–2027 school year. The district is proposing a 5.7% increase to address a projected $22.3 million deficit in its roughly $462.9 million budget. For a home assessed at $635,000, that translates to about $325 more per year in school taxes. The proposed increase exceeds Pennsylvania's Act...

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Montgomery County broke ground last week on a new 50-bed emergency housing facility at 1430 DeKalb Street in Norristown. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2026 and will serve single adults at serious risk of housing instability. Commissioner Neil Makhija pointed to a stark data point at the groundbreaking: housing costs in Montgomery County have...

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Springfield Hospital has been closed since 2022. Now it appears to be coming back. Todd Strine, who also acquired Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park last September, became the majority owner of the Springfield facility and is moving forward with a plan to reopen it as a specialty care center. The 90,000-square-foot building has 40 beds, four operating rooms, and an...

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team Radnor Township has expanded an artificial intelligence traffic system along Lancaster Avenue, one of the main commercial corridors in Delaware County. The township started the project a few months ago at the Blue Route interchange, where the AI-driven signal timing was designed to ease congestion by reading real-time traffic data and adjusting light cycles on the...

By Josh McKnight | The McKnight Team After more than six years of construction, Ardmore's SEPTA station on the Main Line reopened on March 23. The project, which started with a $62 million budget and a two-and-a-half-year timeline, ran into a hidden oil tank, crumbling walls, a pandemic, and supply chain problems that stretched the work into 2026. The new station is fully ADA-compliant, with ramp and...