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Weekly Round-Up: Snowmaggedon Crime Drop, Potomac Yard Metro Progress

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UrbanTurf can only cover so much real estate news during the week, so below are stories that we didn’t write but are worth reading anyway.

At least one good thing came as a result of the blizzard this week: Crime dropped off sharply. (Borderstan)
Home builders are building spec houses in the hopes that buyers will snatch them up before the tax credit expires. (The Wall Street Journal)
The plan for the Potomac Yard Metro is moving forward slowly, but it is moving forward. (Greater Greater Washington)

Finally, here are UrbanTurf’s three most popular posts of the last week, in case you missed them:

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Lincoln-Westmoreland Housing is moving forward with plans to replace an aging Shaw af... read »

The small handful of projects in the pipeline are either moving full steam ahead, get... read »

The longtime political strategist and pollster who has advised everyone from Presiden... read »

A report out today finds early signs that the spring could be a busy market.... read »

A potential collapse on 14th Street; Zuckerberg pays big in Florida; and how the mark... read »

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

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Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

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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