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Following are all articles by UrbanTurf author Shilpi Paul, from most recent to least.

Updates on Riverfront on the Anacostia, Canal Park

Updates on Riverfront on the Anacostia, Canal Park

Shilpi Paul | May 15th 2012 | 15 Comments

The team behind RiverFront on the Anacostia, a large mixed-used development on the boards for just south of Nationals Park, stopped by ANC 6D's... read »

Homeownership Rates Down in Region

Homeownership Rates Down in Region

Shilpi Paul | May 14th 2012

With the news that the home ownership rate in the US has fallen to a 15-year low, UrbanTurf was curious about how our region compared with the... read »

Walk Score Launches Bike Score

Walk Score Launches Bike Score

Shilpi Paul | May 14th 2012 | 1 Comment

Walk Score, the website that ranks the walkability of addresses and is becoming an increasingly useful shorthand for home buyers and renters, just... read »

Point/Counterpoint: Is Now A Good Time to Buy Your First Home?

Point/Counterpoint: Is Now A Good Time to Buy Your First Home?

Shilpi Paul | May 14th 2012 | 4 Comments

Is now a good time to enter the housing market, or should you wait? The Wall Street Journal asked two experts to weigh in on this perpetually-asked... read »

Bedroom in a Box: A Futuristic Murphy Bed

Bedroom in a Box: A Futuristic Murphy Bed

Shilpi Paul | May 11th 2012 | 1 Comment

For those living in small spaces, a Latvian designer has created a futuristic-looking way to keep all your bedroom furniture neatly folded away. ... read »

Kalorama: A Posh View From Embassy Row

Kalorama: A Posh View From Embassy Row

Shilpi Paul | May 11th 2012 | 4 Comments

The small neighborhood of Kalorama emerged during a period of rapid development in DC's history, and the architecture is a kind of time capsule that... read »

Best New Listings: Georgetown, Kent and Logan Circle

Best New Listings: Georgetown, Kent and Logan Circle

Shilpi Paul | May 11th 2012 | 3 Comments

In this week's edition of Best New Listings, we look at a Georgetown home with many sleeping nooks, a Kent rowhouse with beautiful landscaping and a... read »

This Week’s Find: Design Worthy of a Cover Article

This Week’s Find: Design Worthy of a Cover Article

Shilpi Paul | May 10th 2012 | 1 Comment

The owner of This Week's Find transformed a plain one-bedroom into a stylish, hotel-like home that made it on to the cover of a magazine. ... read »

Tight Housing Market Means More Cash From Buyers

Tight Housing Market Means More Cash From Buyers

Shilpi Paul | May 10th 2012 | 1 Comment

We know that in the current market homes are getting snapped up within days, receiving multiple offers and often getting bids much higher than the... read »

McMillan Redevelopment Salon Addresses Concerns of Area Residents

McMillan Redevelopment Salon Addresses Concerns of Area Residents

Shilpi Paul | May 10th 2012 | 2 Comments

On Wednesday evening, representatives from the team behind the redevelopment of the McMillan Reservoir met with a small group of residents at Big... read »

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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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