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Posts By UrbanTurf Staff

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Best Green Effort of the Year: Georgetown Energy

Best Green Effort of the Year: Georgetown Energy

UrbanTurf Staff | December 21st 2010

A group of students at Georgetown are going door to door in DC's oldest neighborhood in the hopes of convincing area homeowners to transition to solar... read»

Best Additions of 2010: Capital Bikeshare, The Return of Housing Complex and the $5K Tax Credit

Best Additions of 2010: Capital Bikeshare, The Return of Housing Complex and the $5K Tax Credit

UrbanTurf Staff | December 21st 2010

2010 was a year when DC saw at least one great new addition to the city's transit scene and the welcome return of a blog and a homebuyer provision tha... read»

Best Real Estate Question of the Year: Is The Rent Too Damn High?

Best Real Estate Question of the Year: Is The Rent Too Damn High?

UrbanTurf Staff | December 21st 2010

Jimmy McMillan's Rent is Too Damn High performance stole the show during the New York governor's debate back in October, but it also got us wondering ... read»

Best Renovation By A Local Firm: Studio 27 Capitol Hill Row House

Best Renovation By A Local Firm: Studio 27 Capitol Hill Row House

UrbanTurf Staff | December 20th 2010

Back in May, Jennifer Sergent wrote a piece for UrbanTurf's Unique Spaces series about a Capitol Hill home that was a prime example that you can't jud... read»

Best Real Estate Idea That Could Fail Miserably: The Dupont Underground

Best Real Estate Idea That Could Fail Miserably: The Dupont Underground

UrbanTurf Staff | December 20th 2010

The resurrection of the underground space below Dupont Circle could be a huge success or, like it has been in the past, a colossal failure. ... read»

The Best Listing of the Year (For Mere Mortals)

The Best Listing of the Year (For Mere Mortals)

UrbanTurf Staff | December 19th 2010

This year's best listing is a bright yellow two-bedroom condo alternative near the U Street Corridor that was under contract about ten days after it w... read»

Best Real Estate Resurrection of 2010: 425 Mass

Best Real Estate Resurrection of 2010: 425 Mass

UrbanTurf Staff | December 17th 2010

The roller coaster ride that the two residential buildings that now make up 425 Mass have been on over the last two years has been well documented. Bu... read»

The Best Listing of the Year (For Well-Paid Lobbyists)

The Best Listing of the Year (For Well-Paid Lobbyists)

UrbanTurf Staff | December 17th 2010

In an effort to make you wish you had a few more zeros in your paycheck, today, we head into the thin air of DC's luxury real estate market and pick o... read»

Best Use of a Magic 8-Ball: The Neighborhoods of 2015

Best Use of a Magic 8-Ball: The Neighborhoods of 2015

UrbanTurf Staff | December 17th 2010

Predicting the neighborhoods of the future is no easy feat, but back in May we asked a selection of bloggers, journalists, real estate agents and deve... read»

The Best Deal of the Year: The Architect's Three-Bedroom

The Best Deal of the Year: The Architect's Three-Bedroom

UrbanTurf Staff | December 16th 2010

Of the many homes that we wrote about over the past 12 months, there was one that was widely thought of as a great deal by readers, agents and particu... read»

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