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October 1st: How Lower Loan Limits Will Affect Housing in DC

October 1st: How Lower Loan Limits Will Affect Housing in DC

Mark Wellborn | May 12th 2011

Today, as legislation is proposed that would replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with private companies and long-term mortgage rates hit their yearly l... read»

Google Maps Now Shows Directions for Metro and Metrobus

Google Maps Now Shows Directions for Metro and Metrobus

UrbanTurf Staff | May 11th 2011

Greater Greater Washington reports that Google Maps has now added Metro and Metrobus to the available travel methods you can use to figure out directi... read»

Cigar Bar and Steam Room: Nine-Bedroom Dupont Foreclosure To Become Fancy

Cigar Bar and Steam Room: Nine-Bedroom Dupont Foreclosure To Become Fancy

UrbanTurf Staff | May 11th 2011

Proof that foreclosures can be found anywhere in DC came when UrbanTurf featured a nine-bedroom bank-owned home for sale in Dupont Circle. However, in... read»

More Bicycles, Greener Alleys and Performance Parking

More Bicycles, Greener Alleys and Performance Parking

Mark Wellborn | May 11th 2011

More Capital Bikeshare stations, greener alleys, and no increases in Circulator fees were just some of the recommendations made by DC's Committee on P... read»

Price Cutter: Burleith, Hillcrest and Columbia Heights

Price Cutter: Burleith, Hillcrest and Columbia Heights

Mark Wellborn | May 11th 2011

In Price Cutter this week, we highlight recent price reductions on a two-bedroom Tudor in Burleith, a renovated four-bedroom in Hillcrest and a one-be... read»

UrbanTurf Reader Asks: Best Condo Front Desks, Please

UrbanTurf Reader Asks: Best Condo Front Desks, Please

UrbanTurf Staff | May 10th 2011

In this installment of UrbanTurf Reader Asks, a DC condo buyer is running into difficulty finding newer condo buildings that offer front desks/concier... read»

DC's April Home Sales Second Highest Since 2006

DC's April Home Sales Second Highest Since 2006

Mark Wellborn | May 10th 2011

Last month, 5,170 home purchase contracts were signed in the DC area, the second highest total for April since 2006, according to data released today ... read»

Deal of the Week: A Capitol Hill Renovation Project

Deal of the Week: A Capitol Hill Renovation Project

Mark Wellborn | May 9th 2011

For those in the market for a three-bedroom home on the Hill that needs some touching up, there might not be a better bargain currently than this inst... read»

276-Unit Southwest Apartment Project to Break Ground Next Week

276-Unit Southwest Apartment Project to Break Ground Next Week

UrbanTurf Staff | May 9th 2011

DCmud reported this afternoon that work will start on the new eleven-story, 276-unit apartment project at 1345 South Capitol Street next Tuesday. ... read»

Market Watch 20016: AU Park, Spring Valley, Tenleytown

Market Watch 20016: AU Park, Spring Valley, Tenleytown

Keith Gibbons | May 9th 2011

In Market Watch this week, UrbanTurf analyzes the housing market in the upper northwest DC zip code of 20016, which includes portions of the AU Park, ... read»

Best New Listings: Logan Circle, Columbia Heights and Eastern Market

Best New Listings: Logan Circle, Columbia Heights and Eastern Market

Mark Wellborn | May 9th 2011

In this week's edition of Best New Listings, we look at a one-bedroom on the top-floor of a three-unit Logan Circle building, a 1,135 square-foot cond... read»

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