Lehigh Valley Real Estate

The city Zoning Hearing Board recently approved dimensional variances to allow developer Abe Atiyeh’s plans for a new 5-unit townhome project in West Bethlehem.

Locally, housing costs still remain lower than national averages, but data from real estate marketplaces compared with U.S. Census data in Lehigh and Northampton counties show housing affordability still is a struggle.

In 2025, LehighValleyNews.com readers gravitated toward stories that reflected mounting economic pressure, public safety concerns, environmental uncertainty and moments of sharp civic tension.

The rebate is meant to help seniors, widows and widowers and residents with disabilities who paid property taxes or rent in 2024.

Easton was honored in the AARP's 2026 10 Great — and Affordable — Places for Older People to Live list, making it the only place in Pennsylvania to be included in the roundup.

Applicant Nicholas Youssef envisions an all-new three-story building at 330 East Fourth St., featuring four two-bedroom apartments in the upper floors and about 1,800 square feet of ground-level commercial space.

Developers behind a 34-unit apartment intended for Easton's North 4th Street tried to challenge an ordinance restricting building heights and sizes at the city's Thursday Zoning Hearing Board meeting.

Upper Macungie's planning commission voted Wednesday to recommend preliminary approval for a planned 203-home development connecting Schantz Road and Bastian Lane.

Lehigh Valley Planning Commission's Comprehensive Planning Committee on Tuesday reviewed a proposal for a 2.6 million-square-foot hyperscale data center in Upper Macungie Township, citing a litany of missing information as a concern.

Easton's Zoning Hearing Board approved a subdivision of the Hooper House property Monday, which will let the Rock Church keep an adjoining parcel that contains the Timothy House.

For Julius, 32, and others of the encampment, the homeless population is “always in a state of flux,” he said, and there are a variety of reasons any particular person could find themselves in a similar situation.

Groundbreaking for a 72-unit apartment expansion was held at Fellowship Community senior independent living in Whitehall Township on Friday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation encourages Whitehall Township residents to review virtual plans for the replacement of the Fifth Street Bridge over Route 22.

A developer looks to consolidate land at 934-946 Evans St. in Bethlehem from three parcels to one for the apartment building, and designate nearby 1004 Evans as a corresponding 40-space parking lot.

“The upward trajectory for the Lehigh Valley’s home prices signifies a robust market, reflective of strong demand – but limited inventory,” GLVR President Lori Campbell said.

Skyline Development Group saw Wilson Borough's planning commission issue a recommendation for vital variances linked to Skyline's Dixie Cup apartment complex project Tuesday night.

Plans to demolish and reconstruct the MacArthur Road Taco Bell in Whitehall Township are on track, with a potential conditional approval for land development are up for approval on May 13, 2024.

The former Dixie cup factory in Wilson Borough has long been a candidate for redevelopment. A developer told Northampton County Council Thursday they plan to build apartments with a dog-friendly lounge on the site.

After more than five hours, a hearing before Bethlehem City Council regarding a New Jersey developer's request for a zoning variance to build 317 apartments on Hanover Avenue was suspended Tuesday night. A date and time for the resumption of the hearing was not immediately established.

After changes and a promised expansion project dating back three years, the lot is now for sale

Dozens of single-family homes along Barnes Lane in South Allentown will be among the lowest-priced standalone homes in the Lehigh Valley, according to developer Ryan Homes.

Ripple is pushing forward with plans to build 12 "deeply affordable" apartments inside the former Emmanuel United Church.

The development comes to Upper Milford as the East Penn area continues to grow in population

The Confluence apartment complex project has secured two variances linked to the building's sizable square footage following a zoning meeting, meaning groundbreaking may begin as soon as summer 2024.