Posts by UrbanTurf Staff
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UrbanTurf Listings: New This Week
UrbanTurf Staff | October 11th 2018
UrbanTurf Listings is a premium property listings service that showcases some of the most appealing for-sale homes from across the DC metropolitan... read »
4.9%: Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level in 7 Years
UrbanTurf Staff | October 11th 2018
While still low by historical standards, long-term mortgage rates hit their highest level since 2011 this week. ... read »
Councilmember Bonds Introduces Legislation to Halt Sharp Rent Increases in DC
UrbanTurf Staff | October 9th 2018
The bill would ensure that when a renter’s concession lease expires, any increased rent will be calculated based upon the rent the tenant was... read »
Dan Snyder Lists Potomac Estate For $49 Million
UrbanTurf Staff | October 4th 2018
The owner of the Washington football team has listed his Potomac, Md. home for $49 million, but he won't be moving far. ... read »
UrbanTurf Listings: New This Week
UrbanTurf Staff | October 4th 2018
UrbanTurf Listings is a premium property listings service that showcases some of the most appealing for-sale homes from across the DC metropolitan... read »
A $1 Million Staircase and a Whiskey Cellar: Inside Kevin Plank’s $29 Million Georgetown Home
UrbanTurf Staff | October 3rd 2018
In February, Under Armour co-founder Kevin Plank privately listed his 12,000 square-foot Georgetown mansion for $29.5 million. Now, we are getting a... read »
Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level in 7 Years
UrbanTurf Staff | October 2nd 2018
Last week, Freddie Mac reported 4.72 percent with an average 0.5 point on a 30-year mortgage. ... read »
DC Bill Would Prevent Residents From Renting Out Second Homes on Airbnb
UrbanTurf Staff | September 28th 2018
The revised legislation will be introduced next week, The Washington Post reports. ... read »
UrbanTurf Listings: New This Week
UrbanTurf Staff | September 27th 2018
UrbanTurf Listings is a premium property listings service that showcases some of the most appealing for-sale homes from across the DC metropolitan... read »
Above Asking: A $60,000 Premium in Eckington
UrbanTurf Staff | September 24th 2018
For this edition of Above Asking, UrbanTurf revisits two recently-featured listings that sold for five figures over asking price. ... read »
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Although H Street Main Street's year-old lofty vision of a massive redevelopment at t... read »
After three years of tug-of-war with nearby residents, Valor Development has returned... read »
Tomorrow, the DC Council is scheduled to make a final vote on a home-share regulation... read »
Forest City has applied for a design review for one of the sites at The Yards.... read »
The Arlington County Board will vote on the project on Saturday.... read »
- A Vision, A Food Hall and Plenty of Appeals: The East of H Street Rundown
- Same Size, Different Massing: A Fresh Approach for the Superfresh Redevelopment
- A Look at the Possible Effects of DC's New Home-Share Bill
- 348 Apartments and a Fitness Bridge: The Plans for the Newest Phase of The Yards
- Arlington County to Consider JBG Smith's Blocks-Long Crystal City Redevelopment
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First-Timer Primers
Intro guides for first-time home buyers
Northern Virginia
Profiles of 14 neighborhoods across Northern Virginia
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Ballston
Looking to Give People A Reason to Stay Past 6pm
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Clarendon
Happily Straddling the Line Between City and Suburb
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Columbia Pike
Arlington’s Neglected Stepchild is Getting a Makeover
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Crystal City
Turning Lemons into Lemonade
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Lyon Village
Developing An Air of Exclusivity?
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Rosslyn
Hitting Its Growth Spurt
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Shirlington
An Urban Village Hitting Its Stride
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Del Ray
Virginia’s Small Town Near the Big City
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Eisenhower Avenue
The Vibrancy Might Take a Few Years
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Huntington
The Quiet Neighborhood By the Beltway
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Old Town
Mayberry By The Potomac
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Parkfairfax
132 Commerical-Free Acres
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Downtown Falls Church
Staying the Same in the Midst of Change
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Tysons Corner
Radical Change Could Be On The Way
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Maryland
Profiles of 14 neighborhoods in suburban Maryland
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Annapolis
Small-Town Living in the State Capital
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Bethesda
Bedroom Community Gets Buzzing Cache
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Cabin John
In With The New While Maintaining the Old
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Chevy Chase
Affluence, Green Lawns and Pricey Homes
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Downtown Silver Spring
Experiencing a Resurgence After a Bumpy History
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Potomac
A Suburb on Steroids
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Rockville Town Square
Despite the Dynamism, Still Somewhat Generic
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Takoma Park
More Than a Little Bit Quirky
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Wheaton
A Foodie Magnet on the Verge of Change
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Capitol Heights
Kudzu, Front Porches and Crime
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Hyattsville
Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
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Mount Rainier
Artists, Affordable Homes and A Silo Full of Corn
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National Harbor
A Development Rises Next to the Potomac
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Riverdale Park
A Town Looking For Its Identity
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Northwest DC
30+ neighborhood profiles for the city's biggest quadrant
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16th Street Heights
DC's Sleeper Neighborhood
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Bloomingdale
Where (Almost) Everyone Knows Your Name
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AU Park
One of DC’s Last Frontiers Before the Suburbs
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Brightwood
DC’s Northern Neighborhood on the Cusp
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Burleith
DC’s 535 House Neighborhood
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Cathedral Heights
Do You Know Where That Is?
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Chevy Chase DC
Not to Be Confused With the Other Chevy Chase
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Cleveland Park
Coming Back After A Rough Year
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Columbia Heights
DC’s Most Diverse Neighborhood, But For How Long?
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Crestwood
An Island of Serenity East of the Park
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Dupont Circle
The Best of DC (For a Price)
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Foggy Bottom & West End
Where the Institutional Meets the International
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Forest Hills
Ambassadors and Adventurous Architecture
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Foxhall Village
350 Homes Just West of Georgetown
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Friendship Heights
A Shopping Mecca With a Few Places to Live
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Georgetown
History, Hoyas and H&M
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Glover Park
One of DC’s Preppier and More Family-Friendly Neighborhoods
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Kalorama
A Posh View From Embassy Row
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LeDroit Park
A Quiet Enclave in the Middle of the City
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Logan Circle
Trendy Now, But Not By Accident
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Mount Pleasant
Sought-After Homes Surround Main Street in Transition
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Mount Vernon Triangle
From Seedy to Sought-After
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Palisades
The Long, Skinny Neighborhood at the City’s Northwest Edge
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Park View
It’s Not Petworth
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Penn Quarter/Chinatown
DC’s Go-Go-Go Neighborhood
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Petworth
Getting a Vibrancy of Its Own
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Shaw
The Duke’s Former Stomping Ground
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Shepherd Park
DC’s Garden of Diversity
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Spring Valley
A Suburb With a DC Zip Code
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Takoma
Not To Be Confused With Takoma Park
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Tenleytown
Not Quite Like Its Neighbors
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U Street Corridor
The Difference a Decade Makes
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Woodley Park
Deceptively Residential
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Adams Morgan
No Longer DC’s Hippest Neighborhood, But Still Loved by Residents
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Southwest DC
The little quadrant that could
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Southwest Waterfront
A Neighborhood Where A Change Is Gonna Come
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Northeast DC
Profiles of 10 neighborhoods in NE
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Brookland
New Development Could Shake Up Pastoral Peace
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Deanwood
A Little Bit of Country Just Inside the District’s Borders
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Eckington
Not to Be Confused With Bloomingdale
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Fort Totten
Five Years Could Make a Big Difference
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H Street
A Place To Party, and To Settle Down
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Langdon
The Northeast Neighborhood That Few Know About
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Michigan Park
A Newsletter-On-Your-Doorstep Community
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NoMa
Evolving from a Brand to a Neighborhood
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Rosedale
Ripe for Investment Right About Now
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Trinidad
The Difference 5 Years Makes
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Woodridge
Big Houses, A Dusty Commercial Strip and Potential
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Southeast DC
6 neighborhoods from Capitol Hill to East of the River
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Capitol Riverfront
Still Growing
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Hill East
Capitol Hill’s Lesser Known Neighbor
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Congress Heights
Gradually Rising
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Hillcrest
Notable for Its Neighborliness
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Historic Anacostia
Future Promise Breeds Cautious Optimism
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Eastern Market
A More European Way of Living
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Off the Beaten Turf
Overlooked parks, shops, cafes, and miscellany throughout DC
Unique Spaces
Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro
