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District Opportunity To Purchase Act

Following are all UrbanTurf articles filed under District Opportunity To Purchase Act, from most recent to least.

DC Could Begin Using DOPA As Early As February

The framework to begin implementing the District Opportunity to Purchase Act was released earlier this month.... read»

This article discusses the variety of rental restrictions that may exist in condomini... read »

Mayor Bowser is asking the DC Council to move on a slate of long-in-the-works develop... read »

A potential grocery store in Dupont; a cheap bar in DC; and is Capitol Gateway Market... read »

This week's Best New Listings includes two 1920s bungalows in the DC area, each with ... read »

DC's Historic Preservation Office is recommending that the city's Historic Preservati... read »

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

Red Flags Revealed During a Home Inspection	Top 5 Tax Breaks For Homeowners	Tax Relief for DC Homeowners
Condo Fee Tutorial	What is a Rent Back?	10 Ways To Tell If a Home Renovation is Well Done
Obtaining a Basic Business License For Your Rental	What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage?	The Splitting the Rent Formula
How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House?	Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy?	Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
The Scoop on Mortgage Insurance

Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC	The R Street Firehouse	DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home	Best Transition From a Garage To a Home	The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week	Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage	Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover	Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home	Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill	Once a Carriage House, Now a Home	The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home	The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina	A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville	Saddle Up For Stable Living	Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat	Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home	Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home	A Yankee Goes Green	DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street	The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse