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Posts By Nena Perry-Brown

Following are all articles by UrbanTurf author Nena Perry-Brown, from most recent to least.

Home Price Watch: Sales Volume Rises in LeDroit Park as Prices Remain Flat

Home Price Watch: Sales Volume Rises in LeDroit Park as Prices Remain Flat

Nena Perry-Brown | May 30th 2017

Home sales volume is up significantly in the neighborhood this year, but prices remain flat. ... read»

Affordable Senior Housing, Townhouses and Condos: The 7 Proposals for DC's Hebrew Home

Affordable Senior Housing, Townhouses and Condos: The 7 Proposals for DC's Hebrew Home

Nena Perry-Brown | May 26th 2017

Last night, prospective development teams presented the community with their proposals for the site of the historic former Hebrew Home.... read»

Planet Word's Early Plans for the Franklin School

Planet Word's Early Plans for the Franklin School

Nena Perry-Brown | May 25th 2017

The non-profit Planet Word now has an early layout for the city's first Museum of Language Arts. ... read»

$1 Million Awaits Whoever Can Improve Zestimate's Accuracy

$1 Million Awaits Whoever Can Improve Zestimate's Accuracy

Nena Perry-Brown | May 24th 2017

Weeks after a class-action lawsuit was filed against Zillow in Illinois for its allegedly misleading Zestimate tool, the company is holding a $1 milli... read»

From Dukakis Campaign Office to Dupont Circle Carriage House

From Dukakis Campaign Office to Dupont Circle Carriage House

Nena Perry-Brown | May 24th 2017

One of UrbanTurf's previously-featured Unique Spaces is back on the market, a Dupont Circle carriage house that outlived its original home.... read»

Trulia: Buying 28% Cheaper Than Renting in the DC Area

Trulia: Buying 28% Cheaper Than Renting in the DC Area

Nena Perry-Brown | May 24th 2017

With rents and home prices taking opposite trajectories, it is now 28 percent cheaper to purchase a house than to rent in the DC area.... read»

Cash is Still Crucial in Georgetown's Housing Market

Cash is Still Crucial in Georgetown's Housing Market

Nena Perry-Brown | May 23rd 2017

Georgetown is now the fourth-most expensive neighborhood in the city -- and 38 percent of homes purchased there so far this year were all-cash transac... read»

A Time-Out for the Church Street Micro-Units

A Time-Out for the Church Street Micro-Units

Nena Perry-Brown | May 23rd 2017

Last fall's revised zoning regulations that offer considerable relief from mandatory parking minimums have put a hold on a 37-unit micro-unit developm... read»

A Pair of Capitol Hill Alley Dwellings To Address the Missing Middle

A Pair of Capitol Hill Alley Dwellings To Address the Missing Middle

Nena Perry-Brown | May 19th 2017

Following last year's zoning amendments, more DC households are beginning to explore constructing accessory dwellings behind their homes.... read»

Puff, Pass and Paint: Issues Arise with DC's "Legal" Home-Based Cannabusinesses

Puff, Pass and Paint: Issues Arise with DC's "Legal" Home-Based Cannabusinesses

Nena Perry-Brown | May 19th 2017

Recent hoopla over a legalized "Puff, Pass, and Paint" business in a Capitol Hill home exemplifies the issues with Initiative 71's home-use gray area.... read»

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