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UrbanTurf Week in Review

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Breaking from tradition in McLean.

In case you were out of town or busy at work, here is a quick rundown of some of the stories that UrbanTurf ran over the past week.

Here is a look at listings that we considered to be top-notch.
We found the solar panel Groupon for homeowners and the renter’s version of Yelp. Unfortunately, neither has come to the DC area yet.
Our resident housing market guru analyzed housing statistics for the zip code that includes portions of Petworth, 16th Street Heights and Crestwood.
We found a good deal on Capitol Hill for under $300 a square foot.
Mortgage rates inched up slightly after falling for five straight weeks.
DC proper is not the only place in the region getting a Wal-Mart.
The $350,000 price point incited some discussion.
So did the prospect that DC might see discounted home prices this Spring.
Our resident legal expert wrote about when a contract is really a contract.
A number of properties that UrbanTurf has featured went under contract recently.
We found a very non-traditional house being built in McLean.
And DC-specific Census data was released!

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Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC	The R Street Firehouse	DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home	Best Transition From a Garage To a Home	The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week	Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage	Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover	Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home	Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill	Once a Carriage House, Now a Home	The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home	The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina	A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville	Saddle Up For Stable Living	Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat	Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home	Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home	A Yankee Goes Green	DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street	The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse