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Home Price Watch: Takoma Park Prices Rise 20 Percent

Home Price Watch: Takoma Park Prices Rise 20 Percent

Nena Perry-Brown | June 28th 2016

As UrbanTurf continues its renewed look at how home prices have fared throughout the DC metro area, this week's Home Price Watch puts the spotlight on... read»

Just Two Floorplans Remain at 14th Street's Lumen Condominiums

Just Two Floorplans Remain at 14th Street's Lumen Condominiums

UrbanTurf Sponsor | June 28th 2016

Lumen Condominiums is the only condo project currently selling on the 14th Street Corridor’s most popular thoroughfare—and the property ha... read»

Location, Diversity and Quality: The Priorities When It Comes to DC Schools

Location, Diversity and Quality: The Priorities When It Comes to DC Schools

Nena Perry-Brown | June 27th 2016

A new report shows that DC students attend higher-performing and more diverse schools when their families are empowered to choose.... read»

Vacant and Blighted: A Look at DC's PADD Program

Vacant and Blighted: A Look at DC's PADD Program

Nena Perry-Brown | June 27th 2016

One lesser-known tool in DC's affordable housing-creation arsenal is the Property Acquisition and Disposition Division (PADD), through which a round o... read»

This Week's Find: From Stables to an Organ Factory to a Capitol Hill Hideaway

This Week's Find: From Stables to an Organ Factory to a Capitol Hill Hideaway

Nena Perry-Brown | June 27th 2016

Since its construction in 1877, This Week's Find has gone through a few incarnations, functioning as a stable and an organ factory before being transf... read»

Why a Brexit Could Mean Lower Interest Rates For Homebuyers

Why a Brexit Could Mean Lower Interest Rates For Homebuyers

UrbanTurf Staff | June 24th 2016

Long-term interest rates have been below 4 percent since the beginning of the year, and in the last two weeks, rates hit their lowest level since 2013... read»

Best New Listings: From the Quintessential to the Trendy

Best New Listings: From the Quintessential to the Trendy

Nena Perry-Brown | June 24th 2016

This week's Best New Listings include a home that was meant to be on Capitol Hill and a 1,500 square-foot condo off Logan Circle's main drag. ... read»

HPRB Opts Not to Vote on 60-Unit Project at Adams Morgan's Central Intersection -- Yet

HPRB Opts Not to Vote on 60-Unit Project at Adams Morgan's Central Intersection -- Yet

Nena Perry-Brown | June 24th 2016

After three hours of debate and testimony, the Board ultimately chose to defer a vote on the concept design until the PN Hoffman-led development team ... read»

JBG Plans To Replace Woodley Park Hotel With 1,600 Residential Units

JBG Plans To Replace Woodley Park Hotel With 1,600 Residential Units

UrbanTurf Staff | June 23rd 2016

The JBG Companies has mammoth residential plans in the works for the 16-acre site of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.... read»

3.56%: Mortgage Rates Remain Near Three-Year Lows

3.56%: Mortgage Rates Remain Near Three-Year Lows

UrbanTurf Staff | June 23rd 2016

Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.56 percent with an average 0.6 point.... read»

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