Sponsored: Exclusive Offer for Select Townhomes at Palisades' New Foxhall Ridge
UrbanTurf Sponsor | May 16th 2012
With limited opportunities remaining to secure one of Foxhall Ridge’s Enclave townhomes, the luxury development is now offering a complimentary ... read»
What $330,000 Buys You in DC
Shilpi Paul | May 16th 2012
In What X Buys You this week, UrbanTurf takes a look at properties on the market in the $325,000 to $335,000 range to give readers an idea of what typ... read»
Bye Big Homes: Report Predicts the End of McMansions
Shilpi Paul | May 15th 2012
The Demand Institute recently released a report that harkens the end of large, sprawling single-family homes miles from the nearest walkable town cent... read»
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Homeownership Rates Down in Region
Shilpi Paul | May 14th 2012
With the news that the home ownership rate in the US has fallen to a 15-year low, UrbanTurf was curious about how our region compared with the nationa... read»
Walk Score Launches Bike Score
Shilpi Paul | May 14th 2012
Walk Score, the website that ranks the walkability of addresses and is becoming an increasingly useful shorthand for home buyers and renters, just lau... read»
Point/Counterpoint: Is Now A Good Time to Buy Your First Home?
Shilpi Paul | May 14th 2012
Is now a good time to enter the housing market, or should you wait? The Wall Street Journal asked two experts to weigh in on this perpetually-asked qu... read»
NoVa Best New Listings: Old Town, Ballston, McLean
Sarah Godfrey | May 14th 2012
In this week's edition of NoVa Best New Listings, we look at two-bedroom condo in Ballston with an embarrassment of parking riches, an Old Town rowhou... read»
Bedroom in a Box: A Futuristic Murphy Bed
Shilpi Paul | May 11th 2012
For those living in small spaces, a Latvian designer has created a futuristic-looking way to keep all your bedroom furniture neatly folded away.... read»
Kalorama: A Posh View From Embassy Row
Shilpi Paul | May 11th 2012
The small neighborhood of Kalorama emerged during a period of rapid development in DC's history, and the architecture is a kind of time capsule that t... read»
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