A New Tactic: Federal Government Renting Foreclosed Homes
Mark Wellborn | July 22nd 2011
In a new effort to stabilize the country's housing market, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama administration is considering ways to r... read»
An Image of Relief For The 115 Degree Heat Index
UrbanTurf Staff | July 22nd 2011
The word "hot" doesn't begin to do justice to the sweatbox that DC has become during recent days. With a heat index that could be in excess of 115 deg... read»
Rockville Town Square: Despite the Dynamism, Still Somewhat Generic
Amanda Abrams | July 22nd 2011
Rockville Town Square is the kind of development that makes “new urbanism” fans smile. The developers succeeded in creating a mix of retail, resta... read»
Chicago is Most Honest City; DC Ranks 10th
UrbanTurf Staff | July 21st 2011
On Tuesday, Honest Tea conducted a little social experiment to test the honesty level in various U.S. cities. DC didn't represent too well. ... read»
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Neighborhood Eats: Rogue 24 Opening, Good Stuff Expanding, America Eats Losing Chef
Rebecca Cooper | July 21st 2011
Neighborhood Eats went on a brief hiatus last week to postulate on what neighborhood in DC might soon be “Batalized,” but we’re back... read»
This Week's Find: The Judge's Chambers
Mark Wellborn | July 21st 2011
Built in the mid-19th century, This Week's Find is a four-apartment Victorian that 100 years ago was home to the chambers of a Rockville judge. ... read»
NAR: Existing Home Sales Fall Unexpectedly
Mark Wellborn | July 20th 2011
A day after some optimistic news on the housing front, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that existing home sales unexpectedly dropp... read»
UrbanTurf Reader Asks: What Do You Know About Kingman Park?
UrbanTurf Staff | July 20th 2011
In this installment of UrbanTurf Reader Asks, a reader wonders what the UrbanTurf audience knows about the northeast DC neighborhood of Kingman Park.... read»
What $1,500 Rents You in DC
UrbanTurf Staff | July 20th 2011
This week in What X Rents You, UrbanTurf looks in the $1,500 a month range and found a variety of choices for prospective renters in DC with this mont... read»
Market Watch: Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights and Petworth
Keith Gibbons | July 19th 2011
In Housing Market Watch this week, UrbanTurf looks at the DC zip code 20010, which includes portions of Mount Pleasant, Columbia Heights and Petworth.... read»
How Honest is DC?
UrbanTurf Staff | July 19th 2011
Honest Tea has set up an employee-less stand offering iced tea for $1 in Dupont Circle, a social experiment by the Bethesda-based company to try and g... read»
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