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5%: Your Weekly Mortgage Rate Update

5%: Your Weekly Mortgage Rate Update

Mark Wellborn | February 17th 2011

Long-term interest rates dropped back down to five percent today after Freddie Mac reported 5.05 percent as the average on a 30-year fixed rate mortga... read»

The Obstacles to Free Wireless

The Obstacles to Free Wireless

UrbanTurf Staff | February 17th 2011

Housing Complex has an interesting column this week about the obstacles to setting up a wireless network in DC outside the scope of Comcast and Verizo... read»

Rosslyn: Hitting Its Growth Spurt

Rosslyn: Hitting Its Growth Spurt

Amanda Abrams | February 17th 2011

To many, Rosslyn is little more than a collection of high-rises that some of their friends or relatives may work or live in. But to real estate inside... read»

Under Contract: Deals, Deals, Deals

Under Contract: Deals, Deals, Deals

UrbanTurf Staff | February 16th 2011

In Under Contract this week, UrbanTurf finds out that two listings it christened as deals over the last week have (or are close to having) sales pendi... read»

This Week's Find: The DC Area's First Passive Design House

This Week's Find: The DC Area's First Passive Design House

Michael Kiefer | February 16th 2011

More and more these days, architects and builders across the DC area are focusing their attention on USGBC’s LEED Platinum standards in an effor... read»

WSJ: Home Buyers Will Need to Put More Money Down

WSJ: Home Buyers Will Need to Put More Money Down

UrbanTurf Staff | February 16th 2011

An article in The Wall Street Journal this morning reports that banks across the country are now requiring buyers to put more money down when buying a... read»

Antawn Jamison's House Finds A Buyer

Antawn Jamison's House Finds A Buyer

Mark Wellborn | February 15th 2011

It took about nine months, but UrbanTurf has learned that a sale is now pending on former Washington Wizard Antawn Jamison's sprawling Bethesda house.... read»

UrbanTurf Reader Asks: Are New Pepco Meters Resulting in Higher Bills?

UrbanTurf Reader Asks: Are New Pepco Meters Resulting in Higher Bills?

UrbanTurf Staff | February 15th 2011

A day after TBD reported that Pepco customers are receiving unusually high bills, an UrbanTurf reader asks if the increased charges could be the resul... read»

Deal of the Week: As Is Between Capitol Hill and H Street

Deal of the Week: As Is Between Capitol Hill and H Street

UrbanTurf Staff | February 15th 2011

This installment of Deal of the Week is not for a buyer that wants a home in turn-key condition, but is rather meant for an investor or a person willi... read»

Price Cutter: The Four-Bedroom Edition

Price Cutter: The Four-Bedroom Edition

Mark Wellborn | February 14th 2011

In Price Cutter this week, we take a look at four-bedroom properties that we have written about where the asking price has been reduced. ... read»

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