Unique Spaces: Making the Most of a Skinny House
Shilpi Paul | December 9th 2013
This installment of Unique Spaces required architects to make good use of a particularly narrow footprint in Foggy Bottom. ... read»
Car2Go Raises Rates, May Be Looking to Rent Your Parking Space
UrbanTurf Staff | December 9th 2013
Starting today, car2go, which allows users to pick up cars around the city using an app and take them on one-way trips, will raise its rates from 37 t... read»
FHA Will Drop Loan Limits in 2014
UrbanTurf Staff | December 9th 2013
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced late last week that it will implement new FHA single-family loan limits starting on Ja... read»
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The Parking Conscious Car Collector's Home
UrbanTurf Staff | December 6th 2013
Parking is a prevalent and contentious topic of debate around DC these days, particularly when it comes to residential projects. Well, a homeowner and... read»
NoVa Best New Listings: The Glass Patio With a View Underground
Jamie Liu | December 6th 2013
In this week's edition of NoVa Best New Listings, UrbanTurf looks at three properties including an 1870s townhouse in Old Town with a glass patio that... read»
Designing For 350 Square Feet
UrbanTurf Staff | December 6th 2013
Today on UrbanTurf, all the articles that you see will be related solely to homes -- big, small, for sale, not for sale, in DC and far outside the cit... read»
First-Timer Primer: When Is an ARM Better Than a Fixed-Rate Mortgage?
UrbanTurf Staff | December 5th 2013
The preferred mortgage product among most home buyers is the fixed-rate mortgage. Chances are that if you bought a home in recent years, you did so wi... read»
Top 5 Bites: A Fainting Goat and Tacos From the Hilton Brothers
Jamie Liu | December 5th 2013
This week's Top 5 Bites features two new spots on U Street and a new restaurant from the team at Ripple.... read»
$257 a Month: The Difference a Year Makes in Interest Rates
UrbanTurf Staff | December 5th 2013
One year ago, the average on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.34 percent. On Thursday morning, Freddie Mac reported 4.46 as the average on this typ... read»
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