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Deal of the Week: Live Upstairs, Rent Downstairs
UrbanTurf Staff | July 19th 2011
According to Rentometer, the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment on the 1300 block of Irving Street in Columbia Heights is about $2,300. ... read»
New Arlington Townhouses To Deliver in Early 2012
Andrew Siddons | July 18th 2011
Northern Virginia developer Evergreene Homes is planning a 13-townhome project for the southwest corner of Lee Highway and North Veitch Street. Delive... read»
New Bill Would Keep Home Loan Limits at $729,750
Mark Wellborn | July 18th 2011
Late last week, Representatives John Campbell (R., Calif.) and Gary Ackerman (D., N.Y.) proposed a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives tha... read»
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This Week's Find: Dupont One-Bedroom Finds Its Price Point
UrbanTurf Staff | July 15th 2011
Occasionally it takes a little time for a listing on the market to find its appropriate asking price. UrbanTurf believes that This Week's Find, a one-... read»
Report: City Needs to Better Enforce Housing Discrimination Law
UrbanTurf Staff | July 15th 2011
A report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights concludes that DC needs to do a better job enforcing the city's housing discrimination law, accordin... read»
Where Will It Go? The Eataly Location Puzzle
Rebecca Cooper | July 15th 2011
The prospect of Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich bringing their gargantuan Eataly concept to DC has had the local foodie world quite excited over the l... read»
Mortgage Rates Drop Back to 4.51 Percent
Mark Wellborn | July 14th 2011
This morning, long-term mortgage rates dropped back to where they were two weeks ago, as Freddie Mac reported that the average on a 30-year fixed-rate... read»
Cathedral Heights: Do You Know Where That Is?
Amanda Abrams | July 14th 2011
Chat with folks on the street in Cathedral Heights and they can’t even seem to agree on a name for the neighborhood. But the slender area that lies ... read»
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