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How to Best Use Live-Work Space? A Local Contest Seeks to Find Out
Will Smith | July 8th 2009
Developer Jair Lynch is holding a contest to determine the best use of one of the three live-work units at the new condo project SOLEA. The unit is 1,... read»
Ask An Agent: How Long Do You Wait Before Reducing the Listing Price?
Mark Wellborn | July 8th 2009
In this week's installment of Ask An Agent, a reader inquires about the factors that go into determining when to drop the price on a property listing.... read»
GoogleMaps Improves Real Estate Search Function
Mark Wellborn | July 8th 2009
GoogleMaps is already at the top of the internet map pecking order, used by people who don’t know how to get to everything from that specialty f... read»
PMI: Home Prices Could Be Lower in 2011
Mark Wellborn | July 8th 2009
A report from mortgage insurer PMI Group shows that home prices may fall in many of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. (including the DC area)... read»
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Latest Trend to Protect Unfinished Homes: Shrink Wrap
Will Smith | July 7th 2009
Shrink wrapping company Fast Wrap is seeing a growing business from under-construction houses and condo projects. Wrapping such half-finished property... read»
UrbanTurf Reader Asks: Should I Wait Until the Summer is Over to Put My Home on the Market?
Mark Wellborn | July 7th 2009
In this week’s installment of UrbanTurf Reader Asks, a reader who wants to put her home on the market wonders if she should wait until September... read»
Harney: Home Prices Are Bottoming
Mark Wellborn | July 7th 2009
In his Realty Times column this morning, Kenneth Harney indicated that the bottom for housing prices is near. Pointing to the latest monthly survey fr... read»
Tuesday's Deal of the Week
Mark Wellborn | July 7th 2009
This week's Deal of the Week is a five-bedroom, 4.5-bath rowhouse in Bloomingdale, just north of LeDroit Park. Assessed at around $840,000, this four... read»
DCmud: Downtown is Doing Alright
Mark Wellborn | July 6th 2009
DCmud has reported on the 2008 State of Downtown report that was recently issued by the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID). All in all, thin... read»
DC Housing Report -- May 2009
Fred Kendrick | July 6th 2009
Fred Kendrick of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, with help from Peter Clute of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, puts together a monthl... read»
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