Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as is appropriate for its name, is known as "Christmas City, USA." This thriving small city of about 72,000 is located in the Lehigh Valley is eastern Pennsylvania, within easy driving of all the sights and sounds of Philadelphia!

Bethlehem, itself, is a historic little city, first settled by the Moravians in 1741. By the time of the Revolutionary War, it had become a center for trades and industry, and is , even now, the international headquarters for Bethlehem Steel. Bethlehem is also home to the 1600-acre campus of Lehigh University, a private university of nearly 7000 graduate and undergraduate students, which was founded in 1865.

Like the rest of the Lehigh Valley, and its neighboring towns of Easton and Nazareth, Bethlehem boasts very affordable real estate prices. To show you what I mean, take a look at the photo at right. This stunning Victorian home offers over 1800 SF of living, with 4 bedrooms, and is priced under $244,000!

Local real estate experts Jill and Ron Fuhrer provide a real estate website that will be very helpful to those interested in checking out the home-buying situation in Bethlehem, as well as in Easton, Nazareth, and the rest of the Lehigh Valley. Sellers will find this site helpful, too, when they want to find out what their home is worth, or check out hot tips for sellers.