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Best New Listings: The $599,000 Edition

Best New Listings: The $599,000 Edition

Mark Wellborn | October 2nd 2011

In this week's special edition of Best New Listings, we look at homes that recently hit the market in the $599,000 price point. ... read »

This Week’s Find: The Beautiful Foreclosure

This Week’s Find: The Beautiful Foreclosure

Mark Wellborn | September 29th 2011 | 8 Comments

When people hear the term "foreclosure", it conjures up images of dilapidated properties that are on the verge of falling down. That is not the case... read »

Walk Score Launches Apartment-Commute Search Tool

Walk Score Launches Apartment-Commute Search Tool

Mark Wellborn | September 28th 2011

Walk Score recently unveiled a tool that allows users to find apartments based on commute time. ... read »

Arlington Resident Wins Roommate of the Year Honors

Arlington Resident Wins Roommate of the Year Honors

Mark Wellborn | September 28th 2011

Columbia Pike resident Jesse McLaughlin has won Apartment.com's Roommate of the Year contest, which means that he gets his rent paid for a year, plus... read »

October Home Loan Limit Deadline Approaches

October Home Loan Limit Deadline Approaches

Mark Wellborn | September 27th 2011 | 2 Comments

Barring a last minute legislative miracle, the limit on conforming loans will expire on Saturday, effectively reducing the limit on government-backed... read »

Case-Shiller: DC Area Home Prices Show Slight Annual Increase

Case-Shiller: DC Area Home Prices Show Slight Annual Increase

Mark Wellborn | September 27th 2011 | 1 Comment

The latest Case-Shiller report released this morning showed that home prices rose about 1 percent nationally between June and July 2011, and prices... read »

Are LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale DC’s Hottest Home Rehab Markets?

Are LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale DC’s Hottest Home Rehab Markets?

Mark Wellborn | September 26th 2011 | 3 Comments

In LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale, the sales market for homes with rehab potential is booming, lucrative, and moving incredibly fast. ... read »

The Intersection of Cell Phone Coverage and Where to Live

The Intersection of Cell Phone Coverage and Where to Live

Mark Wellborn | September 23rd 2011 | 1 Comment

This morning, Atlantic Cities' Tim DeChant discusses how cell phone coverage is becoming more and more spotty in dense metropolitan areas. So, how is... read »

Unique Spaces: The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse

Unique Spaces: The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse

Mark Wellborn | September 22nd 2011

These days, it is not that uncommon for a former school or a church in the DC area to be put up for sale and converted into residences. However, when... read »

Fairfax Has Lowest Residential Vacancy in the Country

Fairfax Has Lowest Residential Vacancy in the Country

Mark Wellborn | September 21st 2011

The Washington Business Journal is reporting this morning that Fairfax, Va. has the lowest residential vacancy rate in the country at just 1.8... read »

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Neighborhood Profiles more »

Kalorama: A Posh View From Embassy Row

Kalorama: A Posh View From Embassy Row

Shilpi Paul
May 11th | 4 Comments

The small neighborhood of Kalorama emerged during a period of rapid development in DC's history,... read »

Editor's Choice more »

DC Area Home Prices Rise 11.2 Percent

DC Area Home Prices Rise 11.2 Percent

Shilpi Paul
May 10th | 7 Comments

DC area home prices rose 11.2 percent in April, the largest increase for prices in almost six... read »

New Condo Profiles more »

New Boutique Condo Project Hits the Market in Columbia Heights

New Boutique Condo Project Hits the Market in Columbia Heights

UrbanTurf Staff
April 24th | 1 Comment

A new 5-unit condo project hit the market in Columbia Heights today from the same developer that... read »

The DC Condo Market more »

Abdo Returns to Logan With 30-Unit Project

Abdo Returns to Logan With 30-Unit Project

UrbanTurf Staff
May 2nd | 8 Comments

Developer Jim Abdo made his name in Logan Circle, and is now returning to the neighborhood with a... read »

Green Real Estate more »

Should DC Follow LA in Teaching Residents How to Green Their Homes?

Should DC Follow LA in Teaching Residents How to Green Their Homes?

Shilpi Paul
May 7th | 2 Comments

While LEED certification is quickly becoming standard for new buildings in DC, residents in the... read »

Deal of the Week more »

Deal of the Week: Georgetown on the Cheap

Deal of the Week: Georgetown on the Cheap

UrbanTurf Staff
May 8th | 1 Comment

Georgetown is known for a lot of things, but reasonably priced homes for the mere mortal is not one... read »

Renting more »

Testing the Waters: How Much For a Columbia Heights Row House?

Testing the Waters: How Much For a Columbia Heights Row House?

UrbanTurf Staff
May 9th | 7 Comments

A reader who wants to rent his three-bedroom row house in Columbia Heights recently wrote in to... read »

Market Watch more »

Market Watch: Logan Circle, Columbia Heights, Dupont Circle

Market Watch: Logan Circle, Columbia Heights, Dupont Circle

Keith Gibbons
November 28th | 5 Comments

Housing Market Watch returns this week after a little hiatus as Keith Gibbons takes a closer look... read »

Unique Spaces more »

This Week’s Find: From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home

This Week’s Find: From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home

Shilpi Paul
March 28th | 7 Comments

Built in 1860, This Week's Find has a past that includes life as a pie factory and clearing house... read »

This Week's Find more »

This Week’s Find: A 33-Foot Wide Living Room in Kalorama

A 33-Foot Wide Living Room in Kalorama

Shilpi Paul
May 17th | 1 Comment

In This Week's Find, we take a look at a home whose layout reaches into the house next door. ... read »

UrbanTurf Reader Asks more »

UrbanTurf Reader Asks: Do I Deserve Financial Compensation?

Do I Deserve Financial Compensation?

UrbanTurf Staff
May 7th | 11 Comments

In this installment of UrbanTurf Reader Asks, a reader who recently moved into a rental building in... read »

What X Buys You more »

What $330,000 Buys You in DC

What $330,000 Buys You in DC

Shilpi Paul
May 16th | 6 Comments

In What X Buys You this week, UrbanTurf takes a look at properties on the market in the $325,000 to... read »

Best New Listings more »

Best New Listings: A Tudor, A Co-op and Chocolate Mint in the Garden

Best New Listings: A Tudor, A Co-op and Chocolate Mint in the Garden (Week of May 18th)

Shilpi Paul
May 18th | 0 Comments

In this week's edition of Best New Listings, we look at a Tudor tucked away off 16th Street, a... read »

Luxury Real Estate more »

The Priciest and Largest Plot of Land in DC Hits the Market

The Priciest and Largest Plot of Land in DC Hits the Market

UrbanTurf Staff
May 18th | 2 Comments

UrbanTurf has learned that a 1.25 acre plot of land has hit the market in Cleveland Park, making it... read »

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