R5Realty News and Notes

Market Snapshots and Commentary on Value and Quality of life along the former Main Line of the Pennsylvania Rail Road, up until recently called the R5 Line, and now officially known as the Paoli /Thorndale line. R5Realty runs from Center City Philadelphia through the walkable, Westward outlying Towns & Townships.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Cost of Homes in Lower Merion and Narberth for September 2012, with list price under a million.


TLC on Bowman. Good Price. Fast Sell
Those who travel Bowman Avenue, in-between Montgomery and Wynnewood Rd., may have noticed this 3800 sf, colonial lasted less than a week on the market this summer. With 5 Beds, 3.5 Baths, and a prime half-acre lot directly across from Merion Elementary School, buyers paid the asking price of $449,000 at settlement this Septemeber..The listing indicated that the home had good bones, but would be sold as-is, in need of a great deal of TLC.





Sold Street AddressTownBedsBathsSq FtAsked
$168,000 118 Elm AveArdmore311,400$175,000
$185,000 26 N Wyoming AveArdmore311,696$199,000
$253,000 148 Edgemont AveArdmore321,350$269,000
$438,000 1423 W Wynnewood Ardmore42.12,744$449,900
$315,000 17 Maple AveBala Cynwyd41.11,790$325,000
$175,000 213 Ebenezer AveBalaCynwyd21.11,296$179,900
$175,000 173 Maple AveBalaCynwyd21836$175,000
$236,000 183 School StBalaCynwyd411,408$275,000
$420,000 320 Llandrillo RdBalaCwynwyd53.12,538$425,000
$438,000 21 E Levering Mill RdBalaCynwyd44.23,191$495,000
$500,000 4 Snowden RdBalaCynwyd32.12,535$499,000
$525,000 16 N Washington AveBalaCynwyd42.13,054$524,900
$540,000 338 Llandrillo RdBalaCynwyd42.12,448$549,000
$587,500 53 W Lodges LnBalaCynwyd62.13,053$599,500
$630,000 40 Derwen RdBalaCynwyd43.12,990$645,000
$825,000 1110 Ivymont RdBryn Mawr43.12,992$860,000
$120,000 915 County Line RdBrynMawr41.11,523$123,500
$575,000 40 S Roberts RdBrynMawr32.12,847$600,000
$275,000 222 River RdGladwyne321,168$299,999
$500,000 10 Conshohocken StGladwyne43.12,769$695,000
$640,500 1732 Riverview RdGladwyne42.13,180$649,900
$735,000 1210 Club House RdGladwyne53.14,637$749,900
$435,000 734 S Latches LnMerion62.13,277$474,000
$449,000 544 S Bowman AveMerion53.13,794$449,000
$450,000 504 Baird RdMerion53.12,474$499,900
$490,000 547 Howe RdMerion42.12,230$500,000
$215,000 235 Iona AveNarberth311,238$225,000
$500,000 455 Hidden River RdNarberth22.12,016$500,000
$785,300 1016 Bryn Mawr AvePenn Valley64.14,767$784,900
$715,000 436 Penn Valley RdPennValley53.12,708$750,000
$850,000 714 Bryn Mawr AvePennValley53.24,465$875,000
$570,000 1220 Valley RdVillanova43.14,109$639,000
$309,000 18 Allendale RdWynnewood32.11,840$309,000
$314,000 1601 Powder Mill LnWynnewood311,320$309,000
$325,000 131 Overbrook PkwyWynnewood32.11,892$325,000
$350,900 1026 Carroll RdWynnewood32.11,932$345,900
$380,002 1544 Powder Mill LnWynnewood32.11,694$367,500
$452,000 54 Allendale RdWynnewood432,016$475,000
$949,900 640 Montgomery SchWynnewood63.14,094$949,900