Facilities and Real Estate

Move-In primer 2024

Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates moving into College Houses and participating in orientation Aug. 19-26

Louisa Shepard

Ivy Stones, a Penn tradition

Since 1873, each graduating class has placed an Ivy Stone on campus to commemorate their time at Penn.

Kristen de Groot



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Marketplace (NPR)

More homeowners are ‘equity rich,’ but what can they do with that wealth?

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that traditional refinancing tools to help grown children become homeowners aren’t available to today’s parents.

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CNBC

Gen Zers are willing to buy fixer-upper homes. Some already regret the decision, new report finds

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that young buyers are having to make trade-offs because housing prices are so expensive.

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The New York Times

Home insurance rates in America are wildly distorted. Here’s why

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School developed a workaround to analyze the cost of home insurance in different parts of the United States.

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PBS NewsHour

How Philadelphians are working to protect birds from deadly window collisions

Penn is working to keep birds safe from window collisions, with remarks from university landscape planner Chloe Cerwinka and Zade Dohman, a rising fourth-year in the College of Arts and Sciences from Spearfish, South Dakota.

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CBS MoneyWatch

Mortgage closing fees are in the hot seat. Here’s why the feds are looking into them

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that now is a good time for the CFPB to investigate what’s causing mortgage closing fees to increase, though many services and fees are essential to the home-buying process.

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Marketplace (NPR)

Are we in the midst of a climate housing bubble?

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that most homeowners should be able to sell and move somewhere cheaper rather than defaulting on their loans.

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