Details on Georgetown Hurt Home Condo Project
Mark Wellborn | January 3rd 2011
Just before the end of 2010, Georgetown Metropolitan got its hands on the plans for the proposed conversion of the Hurt Home in Georgetown into a 15-u... read»
The Last Week in DC Real Estate News
UrbanTurf Staff | January 3rd 2011
As we return from a week when we were not glued to our computers monitoring the city's residential real estate scene, we recap what happened while we ... read»
Best New Listings: Hillcrest and Columbia Heights
Mark Wellborn | January 3rd 2011
Happy New Year, UrbanTurf readers! As we start publishing again following our annual hiatus, we bring you a couple of cool properties that hit the mar... read»
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Best Way to Get Paid As a Renter: Get Your Building to Go TOPA
UrbanTurf Staff | December 22nd 2010
With developable land at a premium within the DC borders, industrious developers have gone the route of searching out apartment buildings that they ca... read»
Best Reason to Leave DC for LA If You Have Money: Dennis Hopper's Compound
UrbanTurf Staff | December 22nd 2010
Dennis Hopper's former Venice Beach home may look like little more than a box of corrugated steel from the outside. But inside, things look very diffe... read»
Best Green Effort of the Year: Georgetown Energy
UrbanTurf Staff | December 21st 2010
A group of students at Georgetown are going door to door in DC's oldest neighborhood in the hopes of convincing area homeowners to transition to solar... read»
Best Additions of 2010: Capital Bikeshare, The Return of Housing Complex and the $5K Tax Credit
UrbanTurf Staff | December 21st 2010
2010 was a year when DC saw at least one great new addition to the city's transit scene and the welcome return of a blog and a homebuyer provision tha... read»
Best Real Estate Question of the Year: Is The Rent Too Damn High?
UrbanTurf Staff | December 21st 2010
Jimmy McMillan's Rent is Too Damn High performance stole the show during the New York governor's debate back in October, but it also got us wondering ... read»
Best Renovation By A Local Firm: Studio 27 Capitol Hill Row House
UrbanTurf Staff | December 20th 2010
Back in May, Jennifer Sergent wrote a piece for UrbanTurf's Unique Spaces series about a Capitol Hill home that was a prime example that you can't jud... read»
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