Recommended: 100+ Walking Tours This Weekend
Will Smith | September 24th 2010
This weekend is the semi-annual WalkingTown DC, a highly-recommended two-day event packed full of free walking tours of the District's neighborhoods. ... read»
This Week's Find: A Rarity on New Hampshire Avenue
Mark Wellborn | September 24th 2010
On a stretch of New Hamphire Avenue in northern Dupont Circle where the homes rarely have for-sale signs in front of them, a three-level Victorian has... read»
The 747 Hotel Suite
Mark Wellborn | September 23rd 2010
Usually Friday is the day of the week that we post an interesting non-DC real estate tidbit. From the photo, you can probably guess why we couldn't wa... read»
DC August Housing Report: Sales Down, Prices Up
Mark Wellborn | September 23rd 2010
The National Association of Realtors recently reported that existing home sales in the DC area were down almost 10 percent in August (compared with Au... read»
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Brightwood: DC's Northern Neighborhood on the Cusp
Amanda Abrams | September 23rd 2010
It’s not hip. There are no cool cafés or bars and no hordes of local bloggers covering the neighborhood's every move. For these reasons, and the la... read»
Amateur Landlord: The Benefits and Costs of a Property Management Company
Bryce Baschuk | September 22nd 2010
A property management company can take a lot of the hassle out of renting out an apartment. In this week’s Amateur Landlord, we looked into what... read»
Comp and Circumstance: The Battle of the Two-Bedrooms
Rebecca Ortega | September 22nd 2010
In this week's Comp and Circumstance, we look at a couple of two-bedroom condos that are similar in size, location and price (both with parking spaces... read»
Pleasant Surprise: Housing Starts Up in August
Will Smith | September 21st 2010
Some unexpectedly good news on the housing front made national headlines today: the Commerce Department reported that housing starts in August jumped ... read»
Sweat Equity: The Story of An Auction-Bought Home
Joe Marhamati | September 21st 2010
The story of a home bought at auction will almost certainly be a more interesting tale than any conventional home-buying transaction. For a 30 year-ol... read»
Deal of the Week: A Price Per Square Foot Special in Columbia Heights
Mark Wellborn | September 21st 2010
This week's Deal of the Week is a two-bedroom condo on 11th Street where a recent price reduction puts the price per square foot at $330, one of the l... read»
DC's Racial Divide, Circa 2000
Mark Wellborn | September 20th 2010
DCist has featured a map of the ethnic breakdown of the DC metropolitan area, based on data from the 2000 Census. It will be interesting to see how a ... read»
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In this article, UrbanTurf will explain what special assessments are, how they work, ... read »
Plans to tear down an aging three-story apartment complex on Battery Lane in Bethesda... read »
With today being Earth Day, UrbanTurf decided to do an article that runs down five wa... read »
In news that we will call unsurprising, the DC area experienced the steepest job loss... read »
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