Al's Place by Alan J. Heavens http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=-1&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F Alan J. Heavens blogs about home improvement, the Philadelphia housing market, and other real estate related topics. en-us Mon, 07 May 2012 15:53:07 GMT 2012-05-07T15:53:07Z en-us Ask Al with Alan J. Heavens http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=150425165&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F150425165.html Ask Al: Alan J. Heavens of The Inquirer chats Monday, May 7, noon, about real estate and home improvement. Mon, 07 May 2012 15:53:07 GMT f2471c86fa737d8c38d21baafa7cbd20 Alan J. Heavens 2012-05-07T15:53:07Z Ask Al with Alan J. Heavens http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=148287865&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F148287865.html Ask Al: Alan J. Heavens of The Inquirer will chat Monday, April 23, noon, about real estate and home improvement. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:54:58 GMT e90d0f095814c06a41ba861ee72a7f15 Alan J. Heavens 2012-04-24T11:54:58Z Ask Al with Alan J. Heavens http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=145970975&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F145970975.html Ask Al: Alan J. Heavens of The Inquirer will chat Monday, April 9, noon, about real estate and home improvement. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:33:20 GMT 1ad5a4372e7699f6c5f810d0b74805f8 Alan J. Heavens 2012-04-20T20:33:20Z Ask Al with Alan J. Heavens http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=144174465&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F144174465.html Ask Al: Alan J. Heavens of The Inquirer will chat Monday, March 26, 2 p.m., about real estate and home improvement. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:24:49 GMT 0d1ee0b0f588598ffcf281faa8dd96b5 Alan J. Heavens 2012-03-26T17:24:49Z Ask Al with Alan J. Heavens http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=141923503&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F141923503.html Ask Al: Alan J. Heavens of The Inquirer will chat Monday, March 12, about real estate and home improvement. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:00:05 GMT 44253273fc707befb4bb3c4fd981f8af Alan J. Heavens 2012-03-12T16:00:05Z Housing rescue: All in the details http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=141229265&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F141229265.html The Obama administration offers details of its housing bailout plan and provides a scorecard of its efforts as of February. Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:31:42 GMT b9f51d6002b9e239beb44fd9ac5a7e16 2012-03-02T23:31:42Z These two are tops with Forbes http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=141069593&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F141069593.html The Forbes list of the 500 priciest ZIP codes has just two from here -- Gladwyne and Villanova. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:37:37 GMT 4bfd0a5c572db4e8e843ba6f1d9dbbe3 2012-03-01T20:37:37Z Few are aging in this place http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=140749482&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F140749482.html Philadelphia attracted fewer over-65s between 2000-2010 than warmer climates, but no one is poking fun at the city because of it. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:25:45 GMT f7f41ec94ecf1a685955f5cfc1b65fa2 2012-02-28T19:25:45Z Ask Al with Alan J. Heavens http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=140318383&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F140318383.html Ask Al: Alan J. Heavens of The Inquirer will chat Monday, Feb. 27, about real estate and home improvement. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:47:01 GMT fe56e373e120460463b18acfc2511814 Alan J. Heavens 2012-02-27T18:47:01Z Cost-conscious consumers cut new-home prices http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=139522908&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F139522908.html New home prices have fallen as expected but the reason is as much consumers cost-consciousness as foreclosures and small houses Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:29:50 GMT 7a0d99080a8c9ace8eb6e1a23514b124 2012-02-17T17:29:50Z It's probably more than the weather http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=988603&44=139451982&32=3796&7=989563&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fblogs%2Fal_heavens%2F139451982.html Housing starts were up in January from December. It may be the weather, but most economists see something more Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:31:35 GMT 5ec20aaaf646caa44d8a354e36f42179 2012-02-16T19:31:35Z