Just for sake of clarification.Īs in many communities, there are all kinds of implicit comments in things people say about communities on forums like this and in having discussions with people in person about these things.

It is worth noting based on an earlier post that Drexel Hill is a section of Upper Darby Township it is a separate census-taking district, however, with a separate zip code, as well. With that said, I think Drexel Hill may have the highest number of foreclosures in Philadelphia area, thus I think a lot of people thought 'It evens out' when they bought. So you're paying extra property taxes on the remaining 150k difference, plus taking out the extra 150k in loans leading to larger mortgage, as well as needing a higher downpayment. A 300k house will cost 450k in just about any other halfway decent neighborhood that close to CC. I did some math and even with huge taxes it seems like its still a good buy. I just want an estimate of what I am looking at paying for a 300k house and need a number % to go off of. Everyone said 'Schools and property taxes.' The schools don't bother me, but I while I realize the property taxes are bad, I want to know: How bad are we talking? I can't seem to find anything anywhere that can flat out give me a cold hard % number. I drive through it last week and really liked what I saw (well, until you hit Upper Darby ).

Drexel Hill seems like the only decent safe neighborhood within 30 mins of downtown that has nice houses for ~ 300k.

Haverford township transfer tax