Renovation scenarios

Philadelphia Renovation Loan Scenarios

The situations Philadelphia buyers bring us most often, and how a renovation loan handles each one.

The inspector found a bad roof, a bowing rear wall, or an old panel. Here's how a renovation loan saves the deal.

Open violations scare off most buyers and lenders. A renovation loan can finance the repairs that clear them.

Philadelphia's best-priced houses often come from estates, banks, and sheriff sales. Here's how to finance each.

Buy a duplex or triplex, live in one unit, renovate them all, and let the rents help carry the mortgage.

Condo renovation loans work, but the building has to qualify first. Here's the checklist.

Already own your Philadelphia home? Roll the renovation into your mortgage instead of taking a HELOC.

Philadelphia fixer-uppers attract cash buyers. Here's how a renovation loan buyer writes an offer that wins.

Buy a Philadelphia rowhome that needs work with no down payment.

Burst pipes, a fire, or a roof that let the rain in? A renovation loan can buy and rebuild it.

Priced out of the finished rowhome? The one that needs work might be yours.

Found a Philly house that needs work?

Get a straight answer on what you can buy, what you can fix, and what it takes to close.