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$7,500 For Your New Home -- No Repayment Required
Mark Wellborn | January 26th 2009
Imagine if you were buying a home for the first-time and, as a bonus, the federal government gave you $7,500 towards the purchase of the property that... read»
Primer on DC Neighborhoods (for Brooklyn Transplants)
Will Smith | January 23rd 2009
We recently published an article comparing condo prices in DC to those in Brooklyn with the thinking that there is quite a bit of relocation between N... read»
Fearless Investors: DC Gov to Auction of 30+ Houses Next Week
Will Smith | January 23rd 2009
The DC government will hold an auction next week to unload more than 30 residential properties around the city. However, to call some of these propert... read»
Year-End Condo Report: The Market was Terrible in 2008 (Surprise!)
Mark Wellborn | January 23rd 2009
The City Paper’s great real estate blog, Housing Complex, has a great summary of Delta Associates’ Year-End Mid-Atlantic Condominium Marke... read»
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DC's Scarcity of Grocery Stores
Mark Wellborn | January 23rd 2009
Does DC not have enough grocery stores? In a post on the blog Greater Greater Washington yesterday, family demographer Lynda Laughlin made the case th... read»
DC Metro Area Has Nation's 23rd Highest Rate of Foreclosure
Will Smith | January 22nd 2009
Foreclosure website RealtyTrac has published its 2008 report of foreclosure activity around the US, including a ranking of the country's top 100 metro... read»
DC is 8th Most Popular Destination for People Relocating
Will Smith | January 22nd 2009
Relocation.com recently published a list of the top ten cities to which Americans are relocating. The site, which helps pair moving companies with peo... read»
Historic U Street Basks in the Glow of National Attention
Will Smith | January 21st 2009
Amidst all the national attention that DC has garnered during this inaugural week, particular attention seems to have been paid to U Street. As the na... read»
Maryland Dominates Ranking of Reduced Listing Prices
Will Smith | January 21st 2009
Online realtor Redfin recently posted its monthly report on the areas around DC metro that have seen the highest rate of price reductions over the las... read»
Is Now the Best Time to Buy??
Mark Wellborn | January 21st 2009
The lead story in the real estate section of this weekend’s NY Times looked at a new crop of prospective buyers (those with "jobs and good credi... read»
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