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Engineering

Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under Engineering, from most recent to least.

How to Avoid a Rowhouse Collapse

After buildings collapsed on K Street earlier this month, we looked into how to avoid those kinds of catastrophes in your own home. ... read»

DC and Virginia lead the way in terms of where prices have risen the most this year.... read »

When it comes to financing a home purchase, a 30-year mortgage is one of the most com... read »

Bright MLS reported that DC-area home prices approached record highs in March as new ... read »

Pocket listings are growing in popularity in the low-inventory market in the DC regio... read »

The London-style carriage house was originally built in 1892 as part of the Frasier M... read »

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

Red Flags Revealed During a Home Inspection	Top 5 Tax Breaks For Homeowners	Tax Relief for DC Homeowners
Condo Fee Tutorial	What is a Rent Back?	10 Ways To Tell If a Home Renovation is Well Done
Obtaining a Basic Business License For Your Rental	What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?	The Splitting the Rent Formula
How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House?	Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy?	Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
The Scoop on Mortgage Insurance

Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC	The R Street Firehouse	DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home	Best Transition From a Garage To a Home	The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week	Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage	Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover	Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home	Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill	Once a Carriage House, Now a Home	The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home	The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina	A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville	Saddle Up For Stable Living	Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat	Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home	Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home	A Yankee Goes Green	DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street	The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse