Journal Lists Philly Area's 100 Wealthiest Zip Codes

Zip codes along the Main Line scored high on the top 100.

Villanova, Gladwyne and Merion Station top the Philadelphia Business Journal's list of the Greater Philadelphia Area's 100 wealthiest zip codes. The Journal's list comes courtesy of Esri, a geographic information provider. The site does not disclose its method for ranking the zip codes. Check out their full story here to see what zip codes made the list, and check below to see which Philly Patch towns made the list. Ranking Broomall 19066

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See Inside this $4M Main Line Home

Many of the original features remain of the 1902 property, which has only had three owners.

WAYNE–"Sunny High" at 298 South Aberdeen Avenue in Wayne is on the market for $3.95 million. The home sits on more than five acres, has six bedrooms, five fire places and an elevator. Read more about "Sunny High" and view more photos, here on Radnor Patch.        

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'The Philadelphia Story' Movie Inspiration: Go Inside Ardrossan Estate

Take a look inside the historic estate in Villanova that inspired the play and film The Philadelphia Story.

The famed Ardrossan Estate, built between 1911 and 1913, not only inspired the film The Philadelphia Story, but it is a part of Main Line history, and Main Line Today got a chance to go inside.  Col. Robert Leaming Montgomery and his wife, Charlotte Hope Binney (Tyler) Montgomery were the first occupants of the 50-room Georgian Revival home.  Col. Montgomery founded Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.  The home has an extensive art collection, including pieces by Thomas Sully, Gilbert Stuart, George Healy and Charles Willson Peale.  The 350 acre estate is the largest undeveloped piece of land in Radnor Township.  To read more from Main Line Today and to see the photo gallery, click here. Radnor Patch got a chance to photograph Ardrossan at two …

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Top 12 Most Expensive Houses Sold in 2012

Check out the most expensive houses sold in 2012 in Northwest Philadelphia and the western suburbs.

View images of 201 Highland Ave in Bryn Mawr from when it was on the market on Trulia.

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Bottom Three Main Line Areas in Home Sales

See which municipalities performed the worst in home sales in the last six months compared to the same period last year around the Main Line.

We gave you the top three townships with increasing home sales in the area with Newtown Township among the list. Now view the bottom three. While the Main Line in a long-term view is one of the most stable submarkets of the Philadelphia region, it has been negatively affected by the economic downturn of the past five years. But the numbers are slowly inching back up. Note that in analyzing data on a township by township basis the numbers can “swing wildly” because one large transaction or the sell out of a new construction project can have a big impact on the small amount of transactions, said Steve Storti, senior vice president of marketing for Prudential Fox and Roach.

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Newtown Rated Top 3 In Home Sales Around The Main Line Area

See which local municipalities had the largest increase in home sales in the last six months compared to the same period last year.

While the Main Line in a long-term view is one of the most stable sub-markets of the Philadelphia region, it has been negatively affected by the economic downturn of the past five years. But the numbers are slowly inching back up. In the nine municipalities Prudential Fox and Roach categorizes as the Main Line in its Home Expert Market Report: Check back Marple Newtown Patch to see the three municipalities on the bottom in homes sale according to Prudential Fox and Roach's Home Expert Market Report on the Main Line.

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Time Capsule: Main Line Winter Fun

Rose Haines talks about her fondest winter activities.

Let this week's Time Capsule cool you off as the weather heats up. Seventy-year-old Rose Haines talks about what she and her children did for fun during the Main Line winters in Ardmore and Wayne.

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