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Following are the most popular UrbanTurf articles ever, from most to least popular.
DC Area Home Prices Reach Highest February Level Since 2007
Lark Turner | March 10th 2015
The DC metro had increased sales, prices and new contracts when compared to February 2014, according to RealEstate Business Intelligence.... read»
6.26%: Mortgage Rates Continue To Fall
UrbanTurf Staff | September 18th 2025
Freddie Mac reported 6.26% as the average on a 30-year mortgage on Thursday, down nine basis points from last week.... read»
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»
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4.12: Mortgage Rates Hop Back Up
UrbanTurf Staff | October 13th 2011
After hitting an all-time low last week of 3.94 percent, long-term mortgage rates rose back above 4 percent today, following a better-than-expected jo... read»
UrbanTurf Listings: New This Week
UrbanTurf Staff | June 29th 2023
UrbanTurf Listings is a premium property listings service that showcases some of the most appealing for-sale homes from across the DC metropolitan are... read»
Real World House Gets Museum, Not Restaurant
Mark Wellborn | April 12th 2010
Those hoping that a restaurant would eventually occupy the bottom floors of DC’s Real World house will be disappointed by this post. Bisnow is r... read»
Friday's "If I Had $1 Million" Listing
Mark Wellborn | May 22nd 2009
This week's "If I Had $1 Million" listing is a four-bedroom Victorian on a quiet cul-de-sac in Spring Valley. The home has a large designer kitchen, a... read»
UrbanTurf Reader Asks: What and Where to Buy With $550K?
UrbanTurf Staff | April 21st 2011
In this installment of UrbanTurf Reader Asks, a home buyer moving back to DC from the west coast with a budget of around $550,000 asks the UrbanTurf a... read»
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In this edition of First-Timer Primer, we review five potential red flags you may enc... read »

Plans are in the works for the largest mixed-use development in downtown Silver Sprin... read »

Buchanan Partners has filed plans to convert the nearly 23-acre Corporate Boulevard o... read »

Trump's DC arch hits an early legal snag; a stalled 19th Street office conversion get... read »

A.I. real estate listings; another DC project looks for an extension; and "hands of H... read »
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