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Hold CTRL (Windows) or Command (Mac) to select multiple issues.Browse the Archives: Jun 18, 2021 - How Much is That Home Worth? The 3 Charts That Explain DC Housing Prices Jun 17, 2021 - In 2021, Home Flipping Dropped Significantly in the DC Region Jun 16, 2021 - The Need For 5.5 Million Homes; The Residential Pipeline From Trinidad to Ivy City Jun 15, 2021 - The Plans to Update the Smithsonian; Broken Record: The May Housing Market, By the Numbers Jun 14, 2021 - A 300-Seat Beer Garden Pitched For Georgetown Hotel Site; A Shaw Park Reimagined Jun 11, 2021 - DC Home Prices Hit a Record High in May, But So Did Sales Jun 10, 2021 - 380 Apartments in a 180 Foot-Tall Building: The Plans for Friendship Heights "Rodeo Drive" Jun 9, 2021 - The Sit-It-Out Market, The Biggest Home Sales in 2021 and The Live-Work Units Coming to Bethesda Jun 8, 2021 - 390 Apartments and Flats Proposed for White Oak Site; This Week's Find: A Cleveland Park Original Jun 7, 2021 - 20% of Homes Sold in DC Fetched Over $1 Million; Arlington Looks to Approve RCA Building Redevelopment Jun 4, 2021 - Quick Closings, Free Rent, and Big Escalations: What's Behind DC's Above Asking Deals Jun 3, 2021 - Mortgage Rates Stay Just Below 3%; What $425,000 Buys in the DC Area Jun 2, 2021 - The Nearly 2,000 Units Just Approved in Southwest DC Jun 1, 2021 - The DC Neighborhood Where the Homebuyer Demand is "Like a Tsunami" Jun 1, 2021 - Infill Hotel Proposed Along North Capitol Street; In Crestwood, The Demand is Like a Tsunami May 28, 2021 - $425,000 or Less: The Five Least Expensive DC Housing Submarkets May 27, 2021 - 25 Pet-Friendly Units — A Hypothetical Pitch to Save Columbia Heights Dog Park May 26, 2021 - The 2,200 Units Landing Soon in National Landing; Cash Sales Are King May 25, 2021 - DC's Mazza Gallerie Mall To Be Redeveloped Into a Residential and Retail Development May 24, 2021 - $18.5 Million: DC's Most Expensive Home For Sale; Will Home Prices Rise Another 12%? May 21, 2021 - Thousands of Units, a Grocery Store, a Hotel, and a Home Depot: The Proposals for DC's Reservation 13 May 20, 2021 - The 5 Most Competitive Neighborhoods For DC Homebuyers in 2021 May 19, 2021 - DC Council Approves Comp Plan; The 40% That Buy Homes Sight Unseen May 18, 2021 - 39-Unit Condo Development Pitched at 11th and U; The Sky High Demand on Capitol Hill May 17, 2021 - 561-Unit Affordable Development Proposed in Arlington; Would You Buy a Home Without Seeing It? May 14, 2021 - A Scorcher: The DC-Area Housing Market in April, By the Numbers May 13, 2021 - The Price is Right: How Much Homes Actually Cost in DC May 12, 2021 - When DC-Area Home Prices Hit a Record in April, Buyers Shrugged May 11, 2021 - The Buzz Around the Thousands of Units Planned for Buzzard Point May 10, 2021 - Facebook Co-founder Chris Hughes Purchases DC Home May 7, 2021 - The 5-Year Evolution of a DC Development; The 7 DC-Area Neighborhoods With (Almost) No Homes For Sale May 6, 2021 - The Differences Between the Hot Housing Market in 2021 and the 2008 Bubble May 5, 2021 - DC Council Approves Comp Plan Changes; The 3,000 Units Coming to Anacostia and Skyland May 4, 2021 - The Fast Moving Market in Del Ray; The 215-Unit Church Redevelopment Proposed in Shaw May 4, 2021 - The Fast Moving Market in Del Ray; The 215-Unit Church Redevelopment Proposed in Shaw May 3, 2021 - An Aid Program For DC Homeowners, New Houses Everywhere and the Capitol Hill Premium Apr 30, 2021 - A Refinance Program For Low Income Homeowners Launches This Summer Apr 29, 2021 - The $600,000 Profit Neighborhood; The Virginia Estate That Listed For $30 Million Apr 28, 2021 - 805 Units and a Rooftop Restaurant: JBG SMITH's Big Plans for NoMa McDonalds Site Apr 27, 2021 - The Next Plans at Capitol Crossing; The Largest Home Price Growth in 15 Years Apr 26, 2021 - Not Quite 690,000 Residents: DC's Latest Population Estimate Apr 23, 2021 - The Future of Friendship Heights? Apr 22, 2021 - House Passes DC Statehood Bill; The DC Zip Codes Where Home Prices Have Appreciated The Most in 2021 Apr 21, 2021 - DC Council Resumes Discussion on the Comp Plan; The 9 Developments Expected to Redefine Rosslyn Apr 20, 2021 - 116-Unit Triangular Building Pitched For Plot Off New York Avenue Apr 19, 2021 - A Dupont Underground Design, The Sellers Market in Chevy Chase Apr 16, 2021 - Virginia Still Tops For Homebuyer Demand; 480 Affordable Apartments Proposed for Arlandria Site Apr 15, 2021 - 527 Residences, a Grocery Store and a Hotel Planned in Falls Church Apr 14, 2021 - A Market on Steroids: The DC-Area Housing Market Went Into Overdrive in March Apr 13, 2021 - A Look at NoMa's Newest Park and the Almost 400 Units Coming to Georgetown Apr 12, 2021 - DC Launches $350 Million Rent Assistance Program; In Georgetown, The Competition is Back Apr 9, 2021 - DC's Crane Count; The 7 Neighborhoods Where You Aren't The Only Person Bidding on a Home Apr 8, 2021 - The Home Flipping Market is Hottest East of the River; A Vivid Look at 557-Unit Development Across From Dave Thomas Circle Apr 7, 2021 - The Dome House; Howard Seeks Developer For Wonder Plaza Apr 6, 2021 - What's Next, and When, For The Wharf; Vice President Harris Lists Her DC Condo Apr 5, 2021 - A 39% Jump in Chevy Chase; A Proposed Mullet Development in DC Apr 2, 2021 - Around My Way: From the Stage to the Streets, DC Go-Go Artists Find Their Footing in Real Estate Apr 1, 2021 - The DC-Area's Lowest-Priced Homes Saw the Highest Growth in Value in the Past Year Mar 31, 2021 - Test Mar 31, 2021 - Alexandria Planners Recommend Affordability Measures for Arlandria; How A Retirement Account Can Help Buy A Home Mar 30, 2021 - The 23 Projects on the Boards in Bethesda; The $8 Million Home Budget Mar 29, 2021 - Rising Prices Don't Dampen Sales: The Capitol Hill Housing Market, By the Numbers Mar 26, 2021 - Arlingtonians Weigh In on HQ2 Designs; New Hope For the Georgetown Gondola? Mar 25, 2021 - Amazon is Coming to Friendship Heights; The 3 Charts That Will Define the Spring Housing Market Mar 24, 2021 - The 1,900 Units on the Boards Between Tenleytown and AU Park Mar 23, 2021 - A Retail Pavilion Pitched at St. E's; Chevy Chase ANC Adopts Housing Equity Resolutions Mar 17, 2021 - What a $15,000 Homebuyers Credit Could Do in the DC Area Mar 16, 2021 - Apartments, Hotel Rooms, Alley Dwellings: Big Development Plans Pitched For U Street Metro Mar 15, 2021 - Where Are The Homes? The February Housing Market, By the Numbers Mar 12, 2021 - Visions For Howard's Divinity School; An Expansion of DC's Inclusionary Zoning Requirements Mar 12, 2021 - Visions For Howard's Divinity School; An Expansion of DC's Inclusionary Zoning Requirements Mar 11, 2021 - "One of The Tightest Markets We've Ever Seen" Mar 10, 2021 - A First Look at the Redevelopment of Metro's Headquarters; 166 Apartments + 222 Hotel Rooms Planned for Capitol Crossing Mar 9, 2021 - The 2,700 Units (Eventually) Slated for Navy Yard Mar 8, 2021 - A Simplified Design for One of the Most Prominent Residential Buildings at Walter Reed Mar 5, 2021 - It'll Be Fun (For 374 Arlington Households) to Stay at the YMCA Mar 4, 2021 - A Shipping Container ADU One-Stop Shop Launches in DC; DCRA Launches Permit Wizard Mar 3, 2021 - P.G. County Offering More Rent Relief; 800 Acres, 4 Miles of Shoreline, A $10 Million Price Tag Mar 2, 2021 - 1,900 Units Down, 1,900 to Go on South Capitol; The Return of the DC Anti-Street Noise Bill Mar 1, 2021 - The Group That Plans to Give Ward 8 Residents a Seat at the Economic Development Table Feb 26, 2021 - The Price is Right? How Home Pricing and Buying Strategies Are Changing in DC's Competitive Market Feb 25, 2021 - The 9-Year Trajectory of DC Home Prices in Four Charts Feb 24, 2021 - A Move to Ban Smoking in Virginia Condos; Will DC Have an Elevated Park in 2024? Feb 23, 2021 - A Church-Led Development in Shaw, 245 Apartments to Bethesda Row and What to Know About DC Property Taxes Feb 22, 2021 - DC's New Short-Term Rental Rules; The $160,000 Premium Feb 19, 2021 - The DC Neighborhoods Where Homes Flew Off the Market in January Feb 18, 2021 - More Development on Connecticut Avenue? ANC 3C Passes Pro-Density Resolution Feb 18, 2021 - More Development on Connecticut Avenue? ANC 3C Passes Pro-Density Resolution Feb 17, 2021 - New Looks For 353-Unit Building at The Portals; What (Just Under) $900,000 Buys in the DC Area Feb 17, 2021 - 70-Foot Development Will Wrap Around Bethesda Row; What (Just Under) $900,000 Buys in the DC Area Feb 16, 2021 - The Social Safeway-Adjacent Development; A First Look at Pedestrian-First Yards Place Feb 12, 2021 - The Proposals to Redevelop a DC School Campus; 250 Units, Grocery Store Proposed at Columbia Pike CVS Site Feb 11, 2021 - A Seller's Market in January; Covid Vaccines Now a Senior Living Amenity Feb 10, 2021 - Woodworking as the New Apartment Amenity; The DC-Area Neighborhoods With Only a Handful of Homes For Sale Feb 9, 2021 - The 15 Projects and 870 Units on the Boards Around Shaw, and What's Up Next Feb 8, 2021 - No Homes For Sale: The DC-Area's 9-Year Housing Supply Drought Feb 5, 2021 - How DC Homeowners Are Getting in on the Refinancing Bonanza Feb 4, 2021 - How Prince George's County Can Court Transit-Oriented Development Feb 3, 2021 - 1 in 3 Homes Sold For Above Asking Price in DC Last Year Feb 2, 2021 - Amazon's Jaw-Dropping Designs for Arlington HQ2 Feb 1, 2021 - Despite Strong End to 2020, DC Behind Suburbs for New Condo Sales Jan 29, 2021 - In the DC Housing Market, Winter is the New Spring Jan 28, 2021 - The Profits DC Home Sellers Saw in 2020; The 250 Units Still in the Pipeline Along 14th Street Jan 27, 2021 - A New Bill to Make DC 51st State; A New DC Apartment Building Could Have Resident-Only Penthouse Cafe Jan 26, 2021 - 14,400 Units to DC, 450 Units to Bethesda and $10,000 in Homebuying Help For Essential Workers Jan 25, 2021 - Arlington County Approves 740-Apartment Ames Center Site Redevelopment Jan 22, 2021 - Surging New Construction Could Ease U.S. Housing Crunch; Tysons Tops DC Suburbs in Apartments Built Jan 21, 2021 - DC Has More Million-Dollar Neighborhoods Than Ever Jan 20, 2021 - President Biden Expected to Extend Eviction Moratorium; The Last 75 Units Headed to the H Street Corridor Jan 19, 2021 - 300 MPH, 18 Million Riders: How the Maglev Might Impact Traffic and Transit in the DC Area in 2045 Jan 19, 2021 - 300 MPH, 18 Million Riders: How the Maglev Might Impact Traffic and Transit in the DC Area in 2045 Jan 18, 2021 - JFL Test Jan 15, 2021 - Douglas Development Pitches 557-Unit DC Development; Luxury Home Sales Rise 24% in DC Jan 14, 2021 - Georgetown's Largest Condo Project Gets Bigger; Mortgage Rates Spike Jan 13, 2021 - Airbnb Cancelling and Blocking All Reservations in the DC Area During Inauguration Jan 13, 2021 - Test Jan 13, 2021 - Testing! Jan 12, 2021 - The Strength of the 2020 Market, Airbnb Inauguration Pushback and DC's Priciest Condo Ever Jan 11, 2021 - On-Campus and Off-Campus: The Howard University Rundown Jan 8, 2021 - A New Look at One of Georgetown's Largest Developments; What Will Interest Rates Do in 2021? Jan 7, 2021 - 2.65: Mortgage Rates Start Off 2021 at New Record Lows Jan 6, 2021 - A Proposed Measure in Montgomery County Would Permit Taller Buildings Jan 5, 2021 - How The Union Market Gateway Project Aims to Announce Itself; DC's All-Cash Sales in 2020 Jan 4, 2021 - DC Added 7,000 Residents in 2020; Is a Howard University Historic District in the Works? Dec 28, 2020 - Douglas Development Files Plans for 615-Unit Redevelopment of DC's Cotton Annex Dec 23, 2020 - The Bill Proposed in 2020 That Could Have the Biggest Impact on Housing in the DC Region Dec 22, 2020 - Bezos, Scherzer, Howard: The Year in Celebrity Real Estate in DC Dec 21, 2020 - The Change That Could Transform DC Alleys; The Wildest Attempt in 2020 to Give Some of Virginia Back to DC Dec 18, 2020 - Could 2021 Be the Strongest Year for the Housing Market Since 2005? Dec 17, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Fall Below 2.7%; Flips Slow Down in DC, Profits Don't Dec 16, 2020 - 353 Units Proposed at The Portals; $375,000 or Less: DC's Five Cheapest Housing Markets in 2020 Dec 15, 2020 - DC Home Prices Hit New Record in November; 60 Apartments + Maybe a Moxy Hotel Planned Near Nats Park Dec 14, 2020 - The DC Neighborhoods Where Homes Sold Fastest in 2020; A Step Forward For the 14th Street Car Barn Dec 11, 2020 - Predicting the 2021 Housing Market; Takoma ANC Forms DC's First Housing Justice Committee Dec 10, 2020 - DC's Above Asking Neighborhoods in 2020: Pricey, Supply-Starved and in One Section of the City Dec 9, 2020 - A Sandlot Planned in Georgetown; The DC Area's Priciest Zip Code Dec 8, 2020 - Missing Middle in MoCo; A Dig in Georgetown; Red Top Cab Changes in Clarendon Dec 7, 2020 - All About McLean: The 5 Most Expensive Homes Sold in the DC Area in 2020 Dec 4, 2020 - The Massive Plans For a Wheaton Intersection; Airbnb Announces New Year's Eve Restrictions Dec 3, 2020 - As Rates Drop to Record Lows, Homes For Sale Remain Scarce Dec 2, 2020 - DC's New Small Area Plans; Ted Leonsis' Former McLean Mansion Lists for $14 Million Dec 1, 2020 - The 7 DC Neighborhoods With the Highest Home Price Appreciation in 2020 Nov 30, 2020 - DC Announces $10 Million Affordable Housing Rent Relief Program Nov 25, 2020 - The 2 Million Square Foot Development Proposed in Northeast DC Nov 24, 2020 - Big Plans at Buzzard Point: 2,100 Units, Hotel, Office, and Retail Proposed for Prominent DC Site Nov 23, 2020 - DC Selects Development Team For St. Elizabeths Parcel; The Brightwood Market, By the Numbers Nov 20, 2020 - The Difference 5 Years Makes in DC Home Prices Nov 19, 2020 - Mortgage Rates Drop to 2.72%, Set New Record Low; 6.85 Million Homes Changed Hands in October Nov 18, 2020 - McLean Home Sells For $24 Million, But It's Not Built Yet Nov 17, 2020 - The Next 2,300 Units on the Boards Between Mount Rainier and Riverdale