From Himalayan to Serbian, DC's Restaurant Options Expand
Rebecca Cooper | January 11th 2013
DC area residents will soon have a longer list of cuisines to rattle off when trying to figure out where to go out to dinner. ... read»
DC Ecodistrict Approved By National Capital Planning Commission
Shilpi Paul | January 11th 2013
On Thursday, the National Capital Planning Commission approved plans for the SW Ecodistrict, which will turn 100 acres of concrete jungle in the south... read»
This Week's Find: Bauhaus in Brookland
UrbanTurf Staff | January 10th 2013
A liberal definition of Bauhaus architecture would say that the style is about being modern and economical with materials, two tenets that Reema Gupta... read»
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Housing Inventory in DC Area Hits Lowest Level in Almost a Decade
UrbanTurf Staff | January 10th 2013
The DC area finished 2012 with the lowest level of for-sale housing inventory in almost a decade, and the lowest number of new listings on record. ... read»
Is DC's $5,000 First-Time Buyer Tax Credit Coming Back?
Shilpi Paul | January 9th 2013
The $5,000 first-time homebuyer credit in DC expired in December 2011, but Eleanor Holmes Norton is working to get it re-instated. ... read»
DC Area Rents Drop As New Supply Hits Market
UrbanTurf Staff | January 9th 2013
The ever-growing supply of new apartments in the DC area seems to finally be catching up with demand. After years of increasing, rents are now droppin... read»
What 2013 Could Bring for Mortgages
UrbanTurf Sponsor | January 9th 2013
Mortgage expert John Settles discusses the current opportunities in the mortgage market and the positive and negative swings that could come in 2013.... read»
What X Buys In the DC Area: The Singles Edition
Shilpi Paul | January 9th 2013
In What X Buys You this week, UrbanTurf takes a look at properties on the market that are in the $289,000 to $350,000 range and are particularly well ... read»
Re-Imagined: Updating a Lanier Heights Co-op
Lori Steenhoek | January 8th 2013
In Re-imagined this week, Lori Steenhoek helps re-envision a garden-style co-op in Lanier Heights that will soon be the home of UrbanTurf's very own p... read»
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