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Obamas Purchase Kalorama Home For $8.1 Million
UrbanTurf Staff | May 31st 2017
It appears that the Obamas may stay in Washington, DC a bit longer than originally planned. ... read »
Obama, The Tenant: A Chat With The President’s DC Landlord
Shilpi Paul | January 17th 2017 | 8 Comments
When Johnsie Walsh rented a unit in her Stanton Park apartment building to a newly-elected senator named Barack Obama in 2005, she had no idea that... read »
Obama Calls on Cities to Loosen Zoning Restrictions
Nena Perry-Brown | September 26th 2016 | 2 Comments
Today, the Obama administration is calling on cities and counties to explore reforming the rules governing housing, land use and construction in... read »
The Obama’s Next Neighborhood
Nena Perry-Brown | May 24th 2016
The National Journal reports that the first family plans on renting a house in Kalorama after the President's term ends in January, but it is not yet... read »
Obama To Announce Reduction in Insurance Premiums for FHA Loans
UrbanTurf Staff | January 7th 2015
The president is slated to make an announcement on Thursday that will make many potential homebuyers happy. ... read »
Obama Proposes Fixes For the Housing Market, Ending Fannie and Freddie
Shilpi Paul | August 7th 2013
In a speech on Tuesday afternoon, President Obama laid out a few ideas on how to strengthen the housing market, and called for reforming the two... read »
Obama Encouraging Lenders To Loosen Their Restrictions
Shilpi Paul | April 3rd 2013 | 7 Comments
In a move that worries some, the Obama administration is encouraging lenders to make home loans available to those with weaker credit, The Washington... read »
Bigwig Digs: Inaugural Edition
UrbanTurf Staff | January 21st 2013 | 1 Comment
In honor of today's festivities, after the jump are the three most recent additions to Bigwig Digs, all of them presidential. ... read »
The Political Leanings of Maryland Zip Codes
Shilpi Paul | November 2nd 2012
In light of next week's election, UrbanTurf has been digging into campaign donation data for the DC area to find out where Barack Obama and Mitt... read »
Obama’s Manhattan Apartment Now Fetches $2,400 a Month
UrbanTurf Staff | August 15th 2012 | 2 Comments
When he lived there in the early 1980s, President Barack Obama paid just $360 a month for his New York City apartment. The rent has increased a... read »
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Ballston
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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
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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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Bloomingdale
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AU Park
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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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