UrbanTurf Newsletter

Hold CTRL (Windows) or Command (Mac) to select multiple issues.Browse the Archives: Oct 30, 2020 - The Neighborhoods in DC Where You Aren't The Only Person Bidding on a Home Oct 29, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Rise, Pending Home Sales Drop; What (Just Under) $1 Million Buys in the DC Area Oct 28, 2020 - 49 Condos for MVT Oct 28, 2020 - 49 Condos Headed to MVT Oct 28, 2020 - 49 Condos to Mount Vernon Triangle, 321 Apartments to NoMa and Possibly Thousands of Units to Montgomery County Oct 27, 2020 - Before and After: A Four-Year, Fully Amenitized Renovation in Dupont Circle Oct 26, 2020 - The Next 700 Units in the Works in and Around Congress Heights Oct 23, 2020 - From Vacant to Vibrant to Vexed: The Inefficiencies of Selling Affordable Units in DC Oct 22, 2020 - DC-Area Home Sellers Saw $92,000 in Profits Last Quarter Oct 21, 2020 - 225 Units Could Be in Works For Courthouse; The Tidal Basin of the Future? Oct 20, 2020 - 78 Apartments Proposed to Replace Part of Dupont Circle Church Oct 19, 2020 - The New Design For Dupont Circle Deckover; Max Scherzer Lists McLean Home Oct 16, 2020 - Did DC Have a Condo Boom in September? Oct 15, 2020 - 320 Units, A New Spin on Retail Pitched For Walter Reed; Mortgage Rates Drop to New Low Oct 14, 2020 - 38 High and Rising: DC's Latest Crane Count; The 11 Above Asking Neighborhoods Oct 13, 2020 - Condo and Co-op Craziness in September; DC's Most Notorious Intersection Reimagined Oct 9, 2020 - A Big Approval at Potomac Yard; Mclean Home Hits the Market for $15 Million Oct 8, 2020 - A 12-Month Mid-Century Renovation in Silver Spring; Mortgage Rates Stay Flat Oct 7, 2020 - The Bill That Could Bring Thousands of Units to Montgomery County Metro Stations Oct 6, 2020 - Re-imagining Route 1; The Nearly 2,100 Units Coming to NoMa Oct 5, 2020 - Before and After: Transformed in Rock Creek Park; DC Will Allow Some Students to Return to School Oct 2, 2020 - A New Start-Up Wants to Help You Own (a Portion of) a Second Home Oct 1, 2020 - $60 Million for a Portion of Mount Vernon; The 10-Week Run for Interest Rates Oct 1, 2020 - $60 Million to Own a Portion of Mount Vernon; The 10-Week Run for Interest Rates Sep 30, 2020 - The Land of Flips in DC; What $500,000 Buys in the DC Area Sep 29, 2020 - The 3,000 Units Next Up For Ward 7 Sep 28, 2020 - The DC Neighborhoods Where Homes Are Selling Fastest; 22 Offers in Silver Spring Sep 25, 2020 - Rent Control Reform Takes Center Stage at DC Housing Committee Hearing Sep 24, 2020 - The 3 Most Important Charts for the Fall Housing Market Sep 23, 2020 - The 12 New Developments Bursting from DC's Starburst Intersection Sep 22, 2020 - DC's New Area Code; In the Landscape of Flipped Houses, Ward 7 is King Sep 21, 2020 - DC Expected to Extend Public Health Emergency; A Look at the Community Center at McMillan Sep 18, 2020 - A New Look For The Yards Newest Office Building; The Demolition Quandary on 14th Street Sep 17, 2020 - After Spring Slump, DC's New Condo Market Bounced Back Sep 16, 2020 - A Stable-Turned-Dairy-Turned-Auto Garage-Turned-Graffiti Canvas-Turned-Residence in Columbia Heights Sep 15, 2020 - DC Developers Raise Concerns About New Condo Bill; The 6,300 Unit Rundown from Brookland to Langdon Sep 14, 2020 - Office of Planning Applies to Create Barry Farm Zone; The DC Area's Strongest August Housing Market Ever, By the Numbers Sep 11, 2020 - A Slow Month For DC Real Estate? Not In This Market Sep 10, 2020 - Is DC's First Modular Apartment Building Coming to Petworth? Sep 9, 2020 - DC Area Leads the Way on Apartment Concessions; Bethesda's Space Shuttle House Sep 8, 2020 - 68 Affordable Units Proposed for Historic Takoma Site; Another School to Residential Conversion in DC? Aug 28, 2020 - Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae Extend Eviction Moratorium Through End of Year Aug 27, 2020 - Amazon Opens First Grocery Store; Mortgage Rates Fall Again Aug 26, 2020 - The Maryland Suburbs With the Highest Home Price Appreciation in 2020 Aug 25, 2020 - The Essential Guide to Being an Amateur Landlord in DC Aug 24, 2020 - One in Five DC Homes Sold For Above $1 Million in 2020; 177-Unit Redevelopment of Fox 5 Headquarters Moves Forward Aug 21, 2020 - The Party is Over at Airbnb; The New Condo Market in 2020, By the Numbers Aug 20, 2020 - An Appeal For AU Park Superfresh Site; Mortgage Rates Hovering Just Below 3% Aug 19, 2020 - Raze Permits Filed For Park Morton; The Over 4,500 Units Planned for Southwest Aug 18, 2020 - TEST Aug 18, 2020 - A Two-Time Conversion on a Capitol Hill Alley; The Woodridge Housing Market, By the Numbers Aug 17, 2020 - $17 Million Views; An Air-Quality Monitor That Detects COVID? Aug 17, 2020 - A Buyer For $17 Million Views; An Air-Quality Monitor That Detects COVID? Aug 17, 2020 - A Buyer For $17 Million Views; An Air-Quality Monitor That Detects COVID? Aug 17, 2020 - A Buyer For $17 Million Views; An Air-Quality Monitor That Detects COVID? Aug 17, 2020 - A Buyer For $17 Million Views; An Air-Quality Monitor That Detects COVID? Aug 14, 2020 - A Deluge of Demand: How Lenders Are Dealing With Record-Low Rates Aug 13, 2020 - The 7 DC Neighborhoods That Broke a Record in July Aug 12, 2020 - Amazon Cometh: The 7,000 Units on the Boards Between Pentagon City and Potomac Yard Aug 11, 2020 - Was July The Hottest Month For the DC Housing Market in Years? Aug 10, 2020 - Urban Institute Recommends Housing Relief in DC and Maryland; The 33% Jump in Palisades Aug 7, 2020 - A Collective of Missing Middle Housing in Anacostia; The Highest Prices Per Square Foot in DC Aug 6, 2020 - 836 Units to Gallaudet; At 2.88%, Mortgage Rates Drop to New Low Aug 5, 2020 - A Change Pitched For One of Rosslyn's Largest Projects; Black Mortgage Applicants in DC Denied at Double Citywide Rate Aug 4, 2020 - The 1,000 Units Delivering in Buzzard Point; A Flood Insurance Guide for the DC Area Aug 3, 2020 - 49 Mostly Family-Sized Units Proposed on Rhode Island Avenue; A Look at the Anacostia Housing Market Jul 31, 2020 - WhyHotel Approved at Buzzard Point; A Rock Climbing Wall in a Hyattsville Basement Jul 30, 2020 - The DC Neighborhoods Where You Aren't The Only One Bidding on a Home Jul 29, 2020 - 1.5 Million New Homes: Joe Biden Puts Forth More Ambitious Housing Platform Jul 28, 2020 - Did Homeownership Just Shoot Up in the U.S.? Jul 27, 2020 - Will COVID Bill Extend Eviction Moratorium?; Will DC Get a New Triangular Development? Jul 24, 2020 - Small Landlords Group Calls For Emergency Rental Assistance in DC Jul 23, 2020 - DC's High Profit Zip Codes; 49 Units For Mt. Vernon Square; Rates Just Above 3% Jul 22, 2020 - The 1,500 Units in the Works Between Walter Reed and Historic Takoma Jul 21, 2020 - The 20-Month Interest Rate Drop; A Look at DC's Priciest Housing Market Jul 20, 2020 - DC School Proposes Outdoor Classrooms; What's Next For DC's Parcel 42? Jul 17, 2020 - Dwight Howard's Massive DC Loft Finds a Buyer; The New Residential Proposal for DC's Fox 5 Headquarters Jul 16, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Fall Below 3%; The 3,000 Units That May or May Not Be Slated for Anacostia and Skyland Jul 15, 2020 - Up to 320 Units Planned For South Capitol; The Strength of the DC-Area Housing Market, By the Numbers Jul 14, 2020 - The DC-Area Housing Market Was Firing on All Cylinders in June Jul 13, 2020 - The Logan Circle Market, By the Numbers; A Look at Montgomery County's First Housing Production Fund Units Jul 10, 2020 - In DC's Seller's Market, Home Price Reductions Less Common Jul 9, 2020 - Rates Drop to Record Low of 3.03%; McMillan Opponents See Opportunity in Social Justice Movement Jul 8, 2020 - $373,000 or Less: DC's Five Cheapest Housing Markets; The Plans For a 215-Unit PUD in Shaw Jul 7, 2020 - DC Councilmember Proposes Tax on High-Income Earners to Fund Affordable Housing Jul 6, 2020 - A Bill Could Bring Thousands of Residential Units to Montgomery County Metro Stations Jul 2, 2020 - Will Mortgage Rates Drop Below 3%? Jul 1, 2020 - The Next Phase of MLK Gateway; The 5 DC Neighborhoods Where You Are Paying Above Asking Jun 30, 2020 - DC Launches World Cup Bid; David Jameson's Latest Project Hits the Market Jun 29, 2020 - Plans Scrapped For Virgin Hotel at Union Market; The 10 DC Neighborhoods Where Homes Are Selling Fastest Jun 26, 2020 - House Passes DC Statehood Bill; How DC Renters Can Look Up If Their Landlord's Mortgage is Deferred Jun 25, 2020 - With Record-Low Rates, Purchase Demand Shoots Back Up; A New Advocate for DC's Small Property Owners Jun 24, 2020 - DC Area Property Showings Rebound; UrbanTurf's First-Timer Primers Continue Jun 23, 2020 - 371 Units, Office, Retail Proposed to Replace the South Capitol Street 7-Eleven Jun 22, 2020 - UrbanTurf's First-Time Primers; How Opportunity Zones Are Falling Short Jun 19, 2020 - The Demand Metric That Defines DC's Housing Market Right Now Jun 18, 2020 - At 3.16%, Rates Drop to New Record Low; Half of Hyattsville New Home Project Gets Thumbs Up Jun 17, 2020 - Kevin Plank's Georgetown Home Finds a Buyer; The Over 3,800 Units Set to Remake Rosslyn Jun 16, 2020 - DC Statehood Vote Scheduled For Next Week Jun 16, 2020 - DC Statehood Vote Scheduled For Next Week Jun 15, 2020 - The Crazy DC Housing Market in May, By the Numbers Jun 12, 2020 - As Home Flipping Profits Drop in the U.S., D.C. Doesn't Follow Suit Jun 11, 2020 - DC Home Prices Shatter Record in May as Housing Market Rebounds Jun 10, 2020 - DC Council Approves Police Reform Measures; A Mount Pleasant Laundry Redevelopment Gets Green Light Jun 9, 2020 - 500 Units and a Public Courtyard: Urby's First Foray into DC May be at The Yards Jun 8, 2020 - DC's New Slow Streets; Montgomery County's Housing Needs, By the Numbers Jun 5, 2020 - The 3 Charts That Show How the DC Housing Market is Rebounding Jun 4, 2020 - From Homes to Performance Spaces, How a Zoning Change Could Transform DC Alleys Jun 3, 2020 - What the Architecture and Development Industries Have Said Amid the Uprisings Jun 2, 2020 - How a Ballston Office May Become 367 Homes and How a DC Firehouse Block May Be Redeveloped Jun 1, 2020 - 423-Unit Redevelopment Proposed for Rosslyn's RCA Building May 29, 2020 - 20 is Plenty: DC Will Lower Speed Limit on Local Roads May 28, 2020 - The DC Neighborhoods With (Almost) No Homes For Sale; Rates Drop to Record Lows May 27, 2020 - DC to Lift Stay-At-Home Order; The Most Intriguing Basement in the Region May 26, 2020 - 222 Apartments Proposed to Redevelop Church Site in Southwest DC May 22, 2020 - 150 Units, Office Proposed for Downtown Bethesda Site; Property Showings Trending Upward in DC May 21, 2020 - Rates Fall to Just Above Record Lows; The 275 Units (Possibly) On the Boards For Georgetown May 20, 2020 - The 5 DC Neighborhoods With the Highest Home Price Appreciation in 2020 May 19, 2020 - The Two Options for Re-Imagining One of DC's Most Notorious Intersections May 18, 2020 - The Updated Plans For One of Crystal City's Largest Residential Projects May 15, 2020 - In Person or Virtual, The DC Housing Market is Moving May 14, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Rise Again, But Still Near Record Lows May 13, 2020 - 350 Units, Three Office Properties and the Water Buildings: The Wharf, Part II May 12, 2020 - Did Coronavirus Make DC An Even Better Market For Home Sellers? May 11, 2020 - 84% of DC-Area Renters Paid On-Time in May; The New Plans for a Union Station Office Building May 8, 2020 - A Tollbooth, A Bus to the Airport: ANC Recommendations that Didn't Make It Into the Comp Plan May 7, 2020 - Rates Rise From Record Lows; 3 in 4 Home Sellers Planning to List After Stay-At-Home Orders Lifted May 6, 2020 - The 5,400 Units Coming to Bethesda; Is This Still the Most Competitive DC Market? May 5, 2020 - DC Council Passes Bill Requiring Payment Plans for DC Renters May 4, 2020 - A New Look at St. Elizabeths; Shaw Cannabis Lounge May Go Residential May 1, 2020 - A Public Hearing is Next Step For a New Residential Zone in DC Apr 30, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Plummet to Record Low; The Profits of DC-Area Home Sellers Apr 29, 2020 - COVID-19 Housing Relief, Alley Homes to Hill East and the 2,000 Units Coming to Tenley and AU Park Apr 28, 2020 - 170 Units Set For Takoma, One of DC's Quirkiest Carriage Houses and Chevy Chase, By the Numbers Apr 27, 2020 - New Report Recommends Introducing Gentle Density Changes to DC's Single-Family Zones Apr 24, 2020 - A Thumbs Up For One of Bethesda's Biggest Projects; A Converted Carriage House With Ties to Frederick Douglass Apr 23, 2020 - After a Nosedive, Property Showings Are Rebounding in DC Apr 22, 2020 - A DC Rent Relief Update; New Renderings Offer New Perspectives at 11th Street Bridge Park Apr 21, 2020 - From Artist Lofts to e-lofts: Where DC-Area Renters Can Live/Work Apr 20, 2020 - A New Senior Development Near Skyland, Georgetown's Market By the Numbers, and $460,000 Above "Asking" Apr 17, 2020 - A New Design for M Street Hotel; How DCRA is Conducting Building Inspections Apr 16, 2020 - From a Distance: One in Four Purchase Offers Happened Without Buyer Seeing Home Last Week Apr 15, 2020 - Almost 1,800 Units Next to Union Market: New Designs for JBG SMITH's Plans at Gallaudet Apr 14, 2020 - Montgomery County Considers Rent Freeze; The Capitol Hill Housing Market, By the Numbers Apr 13, 2020 - A New Howard? Apr 10, 2020 - A Bold Redesign at 21st and M; The Success of DC's Velocity Program Apr 9, 2020 - Near Record Lows, Mortgage Rates Could Head Lower; From a Best New Listing to 11 Units? Apr 8, 2020 - 620 Units and a Lidl Pitched at Potomac Yard; The First Look at Rent Payments in the Face of COVID-19 Apr 7, 2020 - Mortgages Deferred and Rent Frozen: DC Council Passes Supplemental COVID Response Bill Apr 6, 2020 - Three People Max, Six Feet Apart; Where Are DC-Area Residents Going (And Not Going)