Best Of 2012
Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under Best Of 2012, from most recent to least.
UrbanTurf’s Best of 2012
UrbanTurf Staff | December 23rd 2012
This past week, UrbanTurf looked at not only the best, but the most intriguing and peculiar things that came across our radar over the course of the... read »
The Ten Most Popular Posts of 2012
UrbanTurf Staff | December 21st 2012
The headline says it all. To end our Best of 2012 series, we give you a look at the UrbanTurf articles you looked at the most this year. ... read »
Best Addition to DC’s Food Scene: Union Market
Shilpi Paul | December 21st 2012
This year, DC saw the creation of Union Market, an array of specialty food purveyors and restaurant space that has been getting better by the month. ... read »
Best Green Trend of the Year: Passive Houses Multiply
Shilpi Paul | December 21st 2012
Though the region's first Passive House made headlines last year, 2012 will be remembered as the year that extremely efficient homes really started... read »
The Policy Revision That Could Change the City
Shilpi Paul | December 20th 2012
We know the mention of zoning makes some people want to snooze, but the revision of DC's zoning code may have a larger impact on the future of the... read »
Most Improved Reputation of 2012: Anacostia
Shilpi Paul | December 20th 2012 | 2 Comments
In several ways, 2012 was a banner year for Anacostia. And, as the year comes to a close, the reputation of the neighborhood seems to have undergone... read »
Best Transition From a Garage To a Home
UrbanTurf Staff | December 20th 2012
Former commercial spaces being re-purposed for residential use is not a new phenomenon. Warehouses frequently become lofts, churches become homes,... read »
Most Buzzed About Avenue: 9th Street NW
UrbanTurf Staff | December 19th 2012 | 2 Comments
After years of talking about the activity on H Street NE and 14th Street NW, another major avenue that is bursting with development dollars entered... read »
Best UrbanTurf Addition of the Year: Re-imagined
UrbanTurf Staff | December 19th 2012
Fixer-uppers have become some of the most popular homes for buyers in the DC area. But frequently these properties are in pretty rough shape, so bad... read »
Best House History of the Year: From Pie to Hooch to Heroin
Shilpi Paul | December 19th 2012
With so many homes in the area dating back more than a hundred years, house histories can get pretty juicy. But of all the properties we've featured... read »
UrbanTurf Listings showcases the DC metro area's best properties available for sale.
Most Popular... This Week • Last 30 Days • Ever
The interest rates announced by Freddie Mac each week are not quite as good as advert... read »
This week's rundown covers Shaw, Pleasant Plains, the U Street Corridor and Mount Ver... read »
A DCRA representative attended a recent ANC meeting to explain why the building colla... read »
The Amazon founder has purchased a home in California that make his DC abodes truly l... read »
This Week's Find is a south-facing Kalorama rowhouse whose glamorous renovation earn... read »
- Understanding Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
- A Woonerf, a Whole Foods, and 870 Units: The Residences Delivering In and Around Shaw This Year
- Too Much Digging, Not Enough Underpinning Caused Trinidad Building Collapse
- Jeff Bezos Purchases Los Angeles Mansion for $165 Million
- This Week's Find: A New York Renovation in Kalorama
DC Real Estate Guides
Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market
We've collected all our helpful guides for buying, selling and renting in and around Washington, DC in one place. Visit guides.urbanturf.com or start browsing below!
First-Timer Primers
Intro guides for first-time home buyers
Northern Virginia
Profiles of 14 neighborhoods across Northern Virginia
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Ballston
Looking to Give People A Reason to Stay Past 6pm
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Clarendon
Happily Straddling the Line Between City and Suburb
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Columbia Pike
Arlington’s Neglected Stepchild is Getting a Makeover
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Crystal City
Turning Lemons into Lemonade
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Lyon Village
Developing An Air of Exclusivity?
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Rosslyn
Hitting Its Growth Spurt
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Shirlington
An Urban Village Hitting Its Stride
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Del Ray
Virginia’s Small Town Near the Big City
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Eisenhower Avenue
The Vibrancy Might Take a Few Years
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Huntington
The Quiet Neighborhood By the Beltway
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Old Town
Mayberry By The Potomac
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Parkfairfax
132 Commerical-Free Acres
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Downtown Falls Church
Staying the Same in the Midst of Change
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Tysons Corner
Radical Change Could Be On The Way
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Maryland
Profiles of 14 neighborhoods in suburban Maryland
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Annapolis
Small-Town Living in the State Capital
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Bethesda
Bedroom Community Gets Buzzing Cache
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Cabin John
In With The New While Maintaining the Old
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Chevy Chase
Affluence, Green Lawns and Pricey Homes
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Downtown Silver Spring
Experiencing a Resurgence After a Bumpy History
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Potomac
A Suburb on Steroids
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Rockville Town Square
Despite the Dynamism, Still Somewhat Generic
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Takoma Park
More Than a Little Bit Quirky
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Wheaton
A Foodie Magnet on the Verge of Change
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Capitol Heights
Kudzu, Front Porches and Crime
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Hyattsville
Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
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Mount Rainier
Artists, Affordable Homes and A Silo Full of Corn
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National Harbor
A Development Rises Next to the Potomac
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Riverdale Park
A Town Looking For Its Identity
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Northwest DC
30+ neighborhood profiles for the city's biggest quadrant
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16th Street Heights
DC's Sleeper Neighborhood
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Bloomingdale
Where (Almost) Everyone Knows Your Name
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AU Park
One of DC’s Last Frontiers Before the Suburbs
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Brightwood
DC’s Northern Neighborhood on the Cusp
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Burleith
DC’s 535 House Neighborhood
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Cathedral Heights
Do You Know Where That Is?
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Chevy Chase DC
Not to Be Confused With the Other Chevy Chase
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Cleveland Park
Coming Back After A Rough Year
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Columbia Heights
DC’s Most Diverse Neighborhood, But For How Long?
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Crestwood
An Island of Serenity East of the Park
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Dupont Circle
The Best of DC (For a Price)
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Foggy Bottom & West End
Where the Institutional Meets the International
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Forest Hills
Ambassadors and Adventurous Architecture
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Foxhall Village
350 Homes Just West of Georgetown
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Friendship Heights
A Shopping Mecca With a Few Places to Live
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Georgetown
History, Hoyas and H&M
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Glover Park
One of DC’s Preppier and More Family-Friendly Neighborhoods
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Kalorama
A Posh View From Embassy Row
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LeDroit Park
A Quiet Enclave in the Middle of the City
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Logan Circle
Trendy Now, But Not By Accident
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Mount Pleasant
Sought-After Homes Surround Main Street in Transition
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Mount Vernon Triangle
From Seedy to Sought-After
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Palisades
The Long, Skinny Neighborhood at the City’s Northwest Edge
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Park View
It’s Not Petworth
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Penn Quarter/Chinatown
DC’s Go-Go-Go Neighborhood
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Petworth
Getting a Vibrancy of Its Own
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Shaw
The Duke’s Former Stomping Ground
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Shepherd Park
DC’s Garden of Diversity
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Spring Valley
A Suburb With a DC Zip Code
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Takoma
Not To Be Confused With Takoma Park
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Tenleytown
Not Quite Like Its Neighbors
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U Street Corridor
The Difference a Decade Makes
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Woodley Park
Deceptively Residential
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Adams Morgan
No Longer DC’s Hippest Neighborhood, But Still Loved by Residents
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Southwest DC
The little quadrant that could
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Southwest Waterfront
A Neighborhood Where A Change Is Gonna Come
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Northeast DC
Profiles of 10 neighborhoods in NE
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Brookland
New Development Could Shake Up Pastoral Peace
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Deanwood
A Little Bit of Country Just Inside the District’s Borders
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Eckington
Not to Be Confused With Bloomingdale
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Fort Totten
Five Years Could Make a Big Difference
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H Street
A Place To Party, and To Settle Down
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Langdon
The Northeast Neighborhood That Few Know About
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Michigan Park
A Newsletter-On-Your-Doorstep Community
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NoMa
Evolving from a Brand to a Neighborhood
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Rosedale
Ripe for Investment Right About Now
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Trinidad
The Difference 5 Years Makes
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Woodridge
Big Houses, A Dusty Commercial Strip and Potential
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Southeast DC
6 neighborhoods from Capitol Hill to East of the River
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Capitol Riverfront
Still Growing
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Hill East
Capitol Hill’s Lesser Known Neighbor
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Congress Heights
Gradually Rising
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Hillcrest
Notable for Its Neighborliness
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Historic Anacostia
Future Promise Breeds Cautious Optimism
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Eastern Market
A More European Way of Living
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Off the Beaten Turf
Overlooked parks, shops, cafes, and miscellany throughout DC
Unique Spaces
Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro
