UrbanTurf Newsletter

Hold CTRL (Windows) or Command (Mac) to select multiple issues.Browse the Archives: 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) Apr 3, 2020 - How DC Could Provide Mortgage and Rent Relief to Residents Apr 2, 2020 - 34,000 Units in 20 Years; Mortgage Rates Drop Again Toward Record Lows Apr 1, 2020 - Should DC Use Inclusionary Conversions to Meet Affordable Housing Goals? Mar 31, 2020 - DCBIA to Lobby For Local Mortgage Relief to Help Renters Mar 30, 2020 - From Virtual Open Houses to Focus Forums, DC Brokerages Are Maintaining Physical Distance Mar 27, 2020 - Drive-Thru Closings; How Coronavirus is Affecting Property Showings in the DC Area Mar 26, 2020 - New Looks For 11th Street Bridge Park; Mortgage Rates Fall Mar 25, 2020 - How Well is DC Doing at Social Distancing? Mar 24, 2020 - Mortgage Relief Offered in Exchange for Eviction Moratoriums; The DC Buyer vs. The MoCo Buyer Mar 23, 2020 - 90-Day Eviction Moratorium Urged For Renters; One of Chevy Chase DC's Most Intriguing Homes Mar 20, 2020 - Bank of America Allowing Deferred Mortgage Payments; DC-Area Refinancings Pop Mar 19, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Spike; DC Apartment Building Implements Strict Coronavirus Measures Mar 18, 2020 - Grocers and Mega-Retailer Offer Hours for Seniors; HUD, FHFA Suspend Foreclosures and Evictions Through April Mar 17, 2020 - DC Passes Sweeping COV-19 Emergency Bill; 900 Units + Food Hall Proposed Along Anacostia Mar 16, 2020 - DC Co-op Distributes Debunked Coronavirus Info; DC Court Issues Order on Evictions and Foreclosures Mar 13, 2020 - No Signs of a Coronavirus Effect on the DC Housing Market--Yet Mar 12, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Dropped to Historic Lows, And Then the Demand Came Mar 11, 2020 - A Hot Winter: DC-Area Housing Market Lifts Off in February Mar 10, 2020 - DC's 15-Unit Laundromat Conversion; The Hemisphere's Highest Observation Deck Opens Mar 9, 2020 - 740,000 or 840,000? DC's Varying Ten-Year Population Projections Mar 6, 2020 - A Downtown 222-Unit Office-to-Residential Conversion; DC's Flipping Market in 2019 Mar 5, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Drop to Record Low; The Plans For Palisades Safeway Site Mar 4, 2020 - The 10% Farmhouse Premium; The Stops and Starts in Navy Yard; The Charter School in Buzzard Point Mar 3, 2020 - A New 60-Unit Development Proposed in Bethesda; What $1.25 Million Buys in DC Mar 2, 2020 - DC Bill Would Give Residents $100 Transit Stipend; A New Hotel on the Boards for Shaw? Mar 2, 2020 - DC Bill Would Give Residents $100 Transit Stipend; A New Hotel on the Boards for Shaw? Feb 28, 2020 - A DC-Area Home Unlike Any Other; YIMBY Bill Moves Forward Feb 27, 2020 - 350 New Apartments Pitched For Bethesda, Georgetown's $15 Million Home and Co-living in a Church? Feb 26, 2020 - How Missing Middle Housing Can Be Inserted in DC's Zones Feb 26, 2020 - How Missing Middle Housing Can Be Inserted in DC's Zones Feb 25, 2020 - A Georgetown Auction No-Go, A Striking Rosslyn Development and A Woodley Park Conversion Feb 24, 2020 - 418 Apartments Planned For Courthouse Landmark Block; The DC-Area New Condo Market, By the Numbers Feb 21, 2020 - 400 Apartments Proposed Off Columbia Pike...And That’s Just the First Phase Feb 21, 2020 - 400 Apartments Proposed Off Columbia Pike...And That’s Just the First Phase Feb 20, 2020 - The 1,750 Units Delivering East of South Capitol This Year Feb 19, 2020 - Two DC Houses, One Lot, 24 Hours on the Market Feb 18, 2020 - The 551 Projects in UrbanTurf's Pipeline; Evermay Owners List Ritz-Carlton Residence Feb 14, 2020 - A Woonerf, a Whole Foods, and 870 Units: The Residences Delivering In and Around Shaw This Year Feb 13, 2020 - Jeff Bezos' $165 Million Home Purchase; The Causes Behind the Trinidad Building Collapse Feb 12, 2020 - DC Statehood Bill Passes House Committee Feb 11, 2020 - A Spring Housing Market in January Feb 10, 2020 - DC's Housing Production Vs. Population Growth; The Plans for Former Palena Space Feb 7, 2020 - The Details of a Bill That Would Transform Single-Family Zoning in Maryland Feb 6, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Drop to 3-Year Lows; The Neighborhoods Where 40% of Homes Sold For Above Asking Feb 5, 2020 - Why 2019 Was Such a Good Year for DC-Area Home Sellers Feb 4, 2020 - The D.C. and U.S. Rental Markets, By the Numbers Feb 3, 2020 - DC's Out-of-Town Buyers; The 230 Units Planned for Adams Morgan Jan 31, 2020 - Virginia Senator Attempts to Introduce Bill to Re-Cede Arlington and Alexandria Back to DC Jan 30, 2020 - 310 Apartments Planned Adjacent to Howard; What $900,000 Buys in the DC Area Jan 29, 2020 - 54-Unit Georgetown Waterfront Project Moves Forward; The Most Affordable Co-op on 14th Street Jan 28, 2020 - DC's 8-Year Housing Inventory Drought; Northern Virginia's Booming Apartment Market Jan 27, 2020 - The Most Expensive Home to Ever Be Listed in the DC Area Has Sold Jan 24, 2020 - Anacostia: A Neighborhood, Not a Region Jan 23, 2020 - DC's 5 Most Affordable Neighborhoods in 2019; Failure to Launch for Virginia's Two-Family Zoning Bills Jan 22, 2020 - Bethesda Home Hits Market for $17.5 Million; Are 2 in 5 DC-Area Renters Looking to Move? Jan 21, 2020 - A Case for Commercial at DC's Self-Storage Facilities; The 330 Units Slated for 14th Street Jan 17, 2020 - DC's Million-Dollar Neighborhoods; San Francisco's Underground Bunk Bed Plan Jan 16, 2020 - Is Amazon Coming to Friendship Heights? Jan 15, 2020 - DC's Housing Market, By the Numbers; An Amphitheater, Cafe and Splash Park Above North Capitol Street? Jan 14, 2020 - At $635,000, DC Home Prices Set a New Record in December Jan 13, 2020 - Jeff Bezos Closes on $5 Million Kalorama Mansion; A Look at DC's Smallest Home For Sale Jan 10, 2020 - Dwight Howard Puts Massive Capitol Hill Loft on the Market; Is the Tabard Inn Historic? Jan 9, 2020 - Why DC is The New York Times Top Place to Visit in 2020 Jan 8, 2020 - Jeff Bezos To Buy Another DC Home...The One Across the Street Jan 8, 2020 - Jeff Bezos To Buy Another DC Home...The One Across the Street Jan 7, 2020 - The 440 Units Delivering Along H Street Jan 6, 2020 - DC Agency May Restrict Construction in Areas That May Eventually Be Underwater Jan 3, 2020 - The Appeal of Seven Chain Bridge Homes; DC's All-Cash Neighborhoods in 2019 Jan 3, 2020 - DC's New Plan to Create Affordable Housing Jan 2, 2020 - New 421-Room DC Hotel Boasts Bodega and Speakeasy; 1,500 Anticipated Amazon Households Dec 20, 2019 - UrbanTurf's Year in Review Dec 19, 2019 - A Bill to Ban Single-Family Zoning in Virginia; 240 Apartments Planned For Arlington Auto Shop Dec 18, 2019 - The Best Apartment Views in DC in 2019; The Most Impactful Regulation in DC That Can't Seem to Get Finalized Dec 18, 2019 - No More Car2go; The Best Apartment Views in DC in 2019 Dec 17, 2019 - The Most Prevalent New Neighborhood Amenity in 2019 Dec 16, 2019 - The Best Apartment of 2019 for the Aspiring Muckraker; The 5 Priciest Home Sales in 2019 Dec 13, 2019 - Whole Foods is Coming to Walter Reed Dec 12, 2019 - The DC Neighborhoods Where You Paid Above Asking in 2019; The New Plans at Skyland Dec 11, 2019 - $620,000: DC Home Prices Match Record in November as Sales Soar Dec 10, 2019 - AU Park Superfresh Development Will Move Forward; The House That Can Make You Jeff Bezos' Neighbor Dec 9, 2019 - The Basketball Court Apartment; DC Hosts Forum on Disparate Housing Distribution Dec 6, 2019 - Metro Floats New Blue Line With a Georgetown Station Dec 5, 2019 - How the Waffle Shop Will Redefine a DC Corner Dec 4, 2019 - A New First-Time Homebuyer Bill, A Net-Zero Hill Home and EDENS Files Plans at Union Market Dec 3, 2019 - The 3,400 Unit Hyattsville Rundown Dec 2, 2019 - The DC Neighborhoods With Highest Home Price Appreciation in 2019 Nov 27, 2019 - DC Preservation League Adds Black History Sites; Bright MLS Delays Pocket Listings Enforcement Nov 26, 2019 - Striking Design For Building East of H Street; A Nightclub for Dupont Underground? Nov 25, 2019 - DC Residents Are Now Conducting Building Inspections; Brightwood By the Numbers Nov 22, 2019 - $2 Million and Up: DC's Luxury Home Sales Keep Pace in 2019 Nov 21, 2019 - An Urban Farm to Ward 8; The Home Price Pop in DC Opportunity Zones Nov 20, 2019 - The DC Station For a 15-Minute Train to Baltimore Nov 19, 2019 - DC's New Condo Neighborhood Nov 18, 2019 - Where New Apartments Are Renting the Fastest in the DC Area Nov 15, 2019 - The Amazon Effect, One Year Later Nov 14, 2019 - 28 Million Square Feet: DC Development in 2019, By the Numbers Nov 13, 2019 - The Dramatic New Plans at Union Market Nov 12, 2019 - DC-Area Home Prices Pop in October; Inside One of Bethesda's Tallest Buildings Nov 8, 2019 - Shaw: History Repurposed Nov 7, 2019 - Montgomery County's 10,000 Home Goal; The New Look For One of Georgetown's Largest Projects Nov 6, 2019 - DC's Project X, A McMillan Appeal and 24 Rooms on 14th Street Nov 5, 2019 - Plants Are the New DC Apartment Amenity; The 4,500 Units Planned For NoMa and Eckington Nov 4, 2019 - DC's New 4.3 Million Square-Foot Development; Why DC-Area Homeowners Are Staying Put Nov 1, 2019 - The Return of Concessions and an Abundance of Options: DC Shows Glints of Being a Buyer's Market Oct 31, 2019 - Mortgage Rates Rise For Third Week; 30 Units Proposed for Takoma Historic District Oct 30, 2019 - The Uptown Theater Development; The New Tool to Help DC Teachers Buy Homes