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Rahm Emmanuel Renting an English Basement on Capitol Hill (Illegally)
Will Smith | February 4th 2009
Gossip blog Gawker reports that President Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel is living in an English basement on Capitol Hill -- illegally. Apparent... read»
Zillow Releases Fourth Quarter Market Housing Report
Mark Wellborn | February 4th 2009
Real estate valuation website Zillow has released its market report for the fourth quarter of last year and, predictably, things could be looking bett... read»
Winning Bids for the 30 Properties Auctioned by DC Gov
Will Smith | February 3rd 2009
UrbanTurf was able to get its hands on the winning bids from DC’s big residential property auction last Friday, January 30th. A total of 29 prop... read»
Online Auction of 3 Baltimore Shell Houses at 2pm
Will Smith | February 3rd 2009
Alex Cooper will auction off three shell houses in Baltimore today starting at 2pm. The auctioneer describes all three as "investment properties" in n... read»
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Rents Start to Drop Around the DC Metro
Will Smith | February 3rd 2009
Residential rents in and around DC softened significantly in 2008, according to Alexandria-based real estate research firm Delta Associates. The drop ... read»
DC Launches Site That Lists Affordable Housing Options
Mark Wellborn | February 3rd 2009
The DC Department of Housing and Community Development recently launched DCHousingSearch.org, a site dedicated to helping DC residents find affordable... read»
Ratings Agency Moody's Predicts Housing Market Bottom This Year
Will Smith | February 2nd 2009
Moody's has reported an interesting prediction about the nation's housing market prior to the Thursday release of its new report on housing, Housing I... read»
DC's Newest Neighborhood: Tivoli North?
Mark Wellborn | February 2nd 2009
DC’s most prolific neighborhood blogger Prince of Petworth had a post earlier today that covered a potentially controversial subject: re-christe... read»
DC Auction Sees Huge Turnout, High Bids
Will Smith | February 2nd 2009
The DC government must be very pleased with how its home auction turned out last Friday. The auction, which included 30 dilapidated residential proper... read»
What Would It Take to Get You to Buy?
Mark Wellborn | February 2nd 2009
Kenneth Harney’s column in this weekend’s Washington Post examined the reasons why many prospective home buyers are “sitting on the ... read»
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