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Erica Palan

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Erica Palan

    Home-buying mistakes | Real Estate Newsletter (opens the original)

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    You probably know Abigail Covington, my colleague who regularly helms the How I Bought This House column. In the year since she joined the team, she’s become one of The Inquirer’s home-buying experts. So I couldn’t believe it when she told me that she’d opted for an information-only inspection when she bought her first home a few weeks ago. I wanted to shake her by the shoulders and say: Haven’t you learned anything from all the real estate stories you’ve written?! But in a new essay

  2. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Erica Palan

    You can now buy Philly-minted Trump coins with a golden hue (opens the original)

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    Gold-hued $1 coins featuring the face of President Donald Trump are now available for purchase online and at the U.S. Mint gift shop on Independence Mall in Old City. Neither Philly’s Mint nor the website has single coins for sale, so early buyers can get no fewer than 25 coins in a roll for $61. A bag of 100 coins for $154.50 is also available. Households are limited to two orders until Thursday at 2 p.m. when the cap will lift. The commemorative coins, printed in Philadelphia to mark the 250

  3. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · Erica Palan

    N.J. apartments back from the brink | Real Estate Newsletter (opens the original)

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    “Everybody complains about traffic.” That’s what real estate lawyer Mark Kaplin told The Inquirer’s Chester County reporter Brooke Schultz this week when she asked about pushback to development projects. It made me laugh out loud. After years of editing real estate stories, I’ve learned that he is so right. Kaplin talks about his latest work with Exton Square Mall and how it’s becoming harder to to get stuff done in the city and the burbs. Keep scrolling for that story and more in th

  4. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Erica Palan

    A ‘weird’ time to buy a home | Real Estate Newsletter (opens the original)

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    Michaelle is off this week, so I’m here to talk real estate with you. And we’ve got good stuff to get into this week. First up: our weird real estate market. That’s not my word choice. It’s what real estate agents told Michaelle when she asked them how things are going. They told her that market has become much less seasonally predictable than it used to be and they shared what it could mean for homebuyers. Keep scrolling for that story and more in this week’s edition: It’s that time

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