Update, August 2026: Towamencin sent a revised 210-unit plan back to planning. Read the latest on the Freddy Hill plan.
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Real estate news and guidance for Bucks County, Montgomery County, Philadelphia, and Delaware County from The McKnight Team at Keller Williams in Horsham, PA. This is the general archive: market shifts, policy changes in Harrisburg and Washington that reach Pennsylvania homeowners, mortgage rate moves, and the local stories that do not fit a single township. Every post is written for someone who owns, buys, or sells a home in the Philadelphia suburbs. Thinking about buying or selling? Let’s talk.
Newtown sits in lower Bucks County, about 33 miles north of Philadelphia. It is one of those rare towns that kept its history while it kept growing. You can buy a stone home from the 1700s near State Street or a brand-new build a few minutes away. That range is what keeps Newtown real estate in steady demand, year after year. What Makes Newtown Different A few things set Newtown apart from the towns...
A 17-acre parcel along the Newtown Bypass is heading to the open market. The land was set aside for a $128 million wastewater treatment plant, but that plan was scrapped in November 2025 after heavy community opposition. The Newtown-Bucks County…
Ardmore is about to get its biggest apartment building ever. Construction has started on the Piazza at Ardmore, a five-story project stretching along Lancaster Avenue between Greenfield and Ardmore avenues. When it opens in February 2028, it will bring 270…
Gilbertsville is the kind of place people find when they want more. More house. More yard. A little more quiet at the end of the day. It sits at the northwest edge of Montgomery County, where Route 73 crosses Route…
After two decades of starts and stops, a federal lawsuit, and a developer’s fight that reached the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the New Hanover Town Center project is back. RP Wynstone LP has submitted a revised application for 695 residences…
A new luxury community is taking shape off the Newtown Bypass in Lower Makefield. Toll Brothers is building Oakvale at Yardley, a 47-home community on the former Wright farm. Homes will run over 3,600 square feet and start around $1.7…
Korman Communities and Goodman Properties broke ground at 723 Dresher Road on a 274-unit luxury apartment building. The four-story project replaces a demolished former Telerx call center on the site. Completion is expected by early 2028.
Granite Creek Properties is proposing to convert a 7,500-square-foot former manufacturing building at 5 New Galena Road in New Britain Township into a six-unit apartment complex. Studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms. Twelve parking spaces, with some street parking overflow.
A developer has submitted sketch plans for a 34-unit, age-restricted, twin-home community on a 20-acre property at 1230 Stump Road in Upper Southampton Township. The homes would be roughly 2,500 square feet each, clustered around a cul-de-sac, with nearly 14…