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Buyers Week: How a $100 Mistake Can Sink Your Credit Score

Buyers Week: How a $100 Mistake Can Sink Your Credit Score

Will Smith | March 16th 2018

Having a very good credit score is crucial if you want to be pre-approved for a home loan and get the lowest interest rate possible. And, as the publi... read»

Buyers Week: The Escalation Clause

Buyers Week: The Escalation Clause

UrbanTurf Staff | March 16th 2018

In this article, UrbanTurf takes a look at escalation clauses, which can be useful in bidding wars.... read»

Buyers Week: The Mortgage Pre-Approval Process

Buyers Week: The Mortgage Pre-Approval Process

UrbanTurf Staff | March 15th 2018

As buyers get the itch to look for a home and start to venture out to open houses, it will behoove them to go through the pre-approval process. This a... read»

Sophisticated Apartments & Carriage Houses Are Move-In Ready at Legacy West End

Sophisticated Apartments & Carriage Houses Are Move-In Ready at Legacy West End

UrbanTurf Sponsor | March 15th 2018

Legacy West End, 197 airy apartments with sophisticated finishes and a host of high-end amenities, just debuted in DC's West End neighborhood.... read»

The 974 Units Slated for Shaw

The 974 Units Slated for Shaw

Nena Perry-Brown | March 14th 2018

Development is humming along in Shaw, with several projects breaking ground since the last time UrbanTurf took a comprehensive look.... read»

Buyers Week: How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House?

Buyers Week: How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House?

UrbanTurf Staff | March 14th 2018

To kick off Buyers Week, UrbanTurf provides a brief outline of some of the up-front costs associated with buying a home.... read»

DC Homeowners Spend 32 Percent of Income on Mortgages

DC Homeowners Spend 32 Percent of Income on Mortgages

Nena Perry-Brown | March 14th 2018

A new study by Zillow shows just how less affordable mortgages could become as mortgage rates rise.... read»

Plans Emerge for Additional Office Building at Anacostia's Reunion Square

Plans Emerge for Additional Office Building at Anacostia's Reunion Square

Nena Perry-Brown | March 13th 2018

Plans are emerging for a mixed-use office building at Reunion Square that would pave the way for further development on the site.... read»

Can This Be Built In My Backyard?

Can This Be Built In My Backyard?

Nena Perry-Brown | March 13th 2018

Recently, a tool debuted in Los Angeles that tells homeowners whether an additional rear dwelling is permitted on their lots. Does DC need something s... read»

Amazon Books Opens in Georgetown Today

Amazon Books Opens in Georgetown Today

Nena Perry-Brown | March 13th 2018

The District's first brick-and-mortar location of an Amazon store is opening this morning.... read»

Steve Rattner's $7.5 Million Kalorama Home Finds a Buyer

Steve Rattner's $7.5 Million Kalorama Home Finds a Buyer

UrbanTurf Staff | March 12th 2018

UrbanTurf recently learned that former Obama advisor Steve Rattner has found a buyer for his five-bedroom Kalorama home. ... read»

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