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6.17%: Mortgage Rates Drop Again
UrbanTurf Staff | October 30th 2025
Long-term rates have now fallen for four weeks in a row.... read»
Mortgage Rates Hover Near 4 Percent For Third Consecutive Week
Shilpi Paul | December 1st 2011
Mortgage rates climbed up ever so slightly today, but still hovered around 4 percent for the third week in a row. ... read»
Rates Drop For Third Week Due to Market Turbulence
UrbanTurf Staff | January 21st 2016
The little time that mortgage rates spent above 4 percent at the end of 2015 seems like a distant memory given what they have been doing in the new ye... read»
Best New Listings: A Home On One of DC's First Inhabitable Alleys
UrbanTurf Staff | June 13th 2025
This week’s Best New Listings includes a charming three-bedroom in Brightwood and a two-bedroom tucked away on a Foggy Bottom alley.... read»
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Long-Term Mortgage Rates Drop To Lowest Level In A Year
UrbanTurf Staff | January 5th
In news that will make homebuyers and sellers alike happy, mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level in a year to close out 2025.... read»
The Two Developments Still On The Boards Around The Wharf
UrbanTurf Staff | March 9th
While the buildings at The Wharf are generally all finished, there are still a couple new projects either in the works or in limbo just northwest of t... read»
Roundup: Don't Forget That DC Has a Home Buyer Tax Credit Too
UrbanTurf Staff | May 13th 2010
In this week's roundup: the DC first-time home buyer tax credit gets renewed attention, the "pedestrian scramble" goes live in Chinatown, and mortgage... read»
20 Minutes Faster To NYC? Amtrak Launches New Acela Trains
UrbanTurf Staff | August 29th 2025
NextGen Acela, a fleet of trains that can reach top speeds of 160 mph, launched on Thursday.... read»
Trump Administration Moves to Ban Institutional Investors from Single-Family Home Market
UrbanTurf Staff | January 7th
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that his administration is taking steps to prohibit large institutional investors from purchasing singl... read»
UrbanTurf Listings: New This Week
UrbanTurf Staff | October 30th 2025
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»
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Janeese Lewis George appears to have won Tuesday's Democratic mayoral primary, puttin... read »
This week’s Best New Listings includes a 100-year old bungalow in Hyattsville and a... read »
The housing market got a late-spring boost in May.... read »
A new report shows that apartment rents in the DC region have fallen over the past ye... read »
Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.47%, do... read »
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