Single-family home values

SEPTA Drives the Economy of Pennsylvania

April 13, 2018 / Comments Off on SEPTA Drives the Economy of Pennsylvania

SEPTA Drives the Economy of Pennsylvania is Econsult Solution’s 2018 Economic Impact Study completed for Pennsylvania’s largest transit authority, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority. Our report to SEPTA is timely as the agency faces significant budget pressures, with looming changes of the contribution of Pennsylvania Turnpike revenues to state transit funding, along with increasing demands on […]

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June’s Philadelphia Housing Index Remains Flat, at All-Time High

July 20, 2017 / Comments Off on June’s Philadelphia Housing Index Remains Flat, at All-Time High

The Philadelphia Housing Index remained flat in June, though prices remain at an all-time high. The apparent slowdown of last month persisted, as season- and quality-adjusted sales prices in June held steady. Just how much work is that seasonal adjustment doing, though? Here are the unadjusted median sales prices of each month. Notice that we […]

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The Philadelphia Housing Index Flattens in May

June 23, 2017 / Comments Off on The Philadelphia Housing Index Flattens in May

Though the Market Remains at Record Highs After a huge March and April for Philadelphia housing sales, May prices settled and the housing index remained flat. It’s important to not overreact to what could very well be noise (notice that the observed prices in May—the last dot on the plot—is off of the trend line […]

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