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Douglas Development Eases Parking Concerns at New Tenleytown Project

Douglas Development Eases Parking Concerns at New Tenleytown Project

Shilpi Paul | January 13th 2012

Parking was front and center at last night's ANC 3E meeting as Douglas Development explained its plan for a 60-unit residential project in Tenleytown.... read»

433-Unit Apartment Project Coming to Capitol Riverfront

433-Unit Apartment Project Coming to Capitol Riverfront

Shilpi Paul | January 13th 2012

Construction on Park Chelsea, a $140 million, 400,000 square-foot luxury apartment building in Capitol Riverfront, will begin in the coming months wit... read»

Will DC's Low Housing Inventory Mean Higher Home Prices?

Will DC's Low Housing Inventory Mean Higher Home Prices?

Shilpi Paul | January 12th 2012

Jonathan Miller provides some additional insight into what low housing inventory really means for the DC area. ... read»

3.89: Another Record For Mortgage Rates

3.89: Another Record For Mortgage Rates

UrbanTurf Staff | January 12th 2012

This morning, Freddie Mac reported 3.89 percent with an average 0.7 point as the average on a 30-year fixed mortgage, another record low for long-term... read»

Changes to BB&T's CHIP Loan, The FHA Alternative

Changes to BB&T's CHIP Loan, The FHA Alternative

UrbanTurf Sponsor | January 12th 2012

BB&T’s Community Homeownership Incentive Program, better known as CHIP, is one of the best alternatives to FHA financing. Recently, however, a n... read»

Preview: McGill Row

Preview: McGill Row

Shilpi Paul | January 12th 2012

Units at McGill Row, a set of residential buildings at the intersection of LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale, will soon hit the market.... read»

HOPE VI Projects Help Dissolve Crime

HOPE VI Projects Help Dissolve Crime

Shilpi Paul | January 11th 2012

A new study from the Urban Institute shows that crime around HOPE VI projects doesn't just move, it disappears. ... read»

DC-Area Online Poker Pro to Open Arlington Restaurant

DC-Area Online Poker Pro to Open Arlington Restaurant

UrbanTurf Staff | January 11th 2012

When the Department of Justice essentially shut down online poker in the U.S. last April, one of the highest stakes players announced he would be movi... read»

Marathon-Worthy? UrbanTurf Looks at HGTV's Best Shows

Marathon-Worthy? UrbanTurf Looks at HGTV's Best Shows

Shilpi Paul | January 11th 2012

Unlike MTV, HGTV's programming still holds true to the channel's acronym and is a place where the real estate obsessed can get sucked into an eight-ho... read»

What $525,000 Buys You In DC

What $525,000 Buys You In DC

Shilpi Paul | January 11th 2012

In What X Buys You this week, UrbanTurf takes a look at properties on the market in the $519,000 to $529,000 range to give readers an idea of what typ... read»

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