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Posts By Mark Wellborn

Following are all articles by UrbanTurf author Mark Wellborn, from most recent to least.

Good For Families, Bad For Allergies: DC Is Making (A Lot) of Lists

Good For Families, Bad For Allergies: DC Is Making (A Lot) of Lists

Mark Wellborn | June 15th 2011

DC recently topped Parenting Magazine's list of the best cities in which to raise a family, which got us thinking: Just how many lists has our fair ci... read»

Under Contract: From a Few Days to a Few Months

Under Contract: From a Few Days to a Few Months

Mark Wellborn | June 15th 2011

Under Contract this week is filled with homes that UrbanTurf has featured that spent anywhere from two days to a little over three months on the marke... read»

Deal of the Week: The Five-Bedroom Mount Pleasant Bargain

Deal of the Week: The Five-Bedroom Mount Pleasant Bargain

Mark Wellborn | June 14th 2011

On April 11th, a five-bedroom home on the 1800 block of Ingleside Terrace sold for $830,000, $50,000 above its list price of $779,000. We mention this... read»

Best New Listings: Logan Circle, Foxhall and Georgetown

Best New Listings: Logan Circle, Foxhall and Georgetown

Mark Wellborn | June 13th 2011

In this week's edition of Best New Listings, we look at a one-bedroom in an historic Logan Circle building, a four-bedroom French Provincial home in F... read»

An Inside Look At Jeff Black's Pearl Oyster Dive Palace

An Inside Look At Jeff Black's Pearl Oyster Dive Palace

Mark Wellborn | June 10th 2011

UrbanTurf was able to get its hands on renderings of Pearl Dive Oyster Palace and Blackjack, Jeff Black's new restaurant and bar opening soon on 14th ... read»

A Return To Normalcy? DC Home Sales in May at Highest Level Since 2005

A Return To Normalcy? DC Home Sales in May at Highest Level Since 2005

Mark Wellborn | June 10th 2011

Last month, 5,506 home purchase contracts were signed in the DC area, the highest total for the month of May since 2005, according to data released to... read»

4.49%: How Low Will Mortgage Rates Go?

4.49%: How Low Will Mortgage Rates Go?

Mark Wellborn | June 9th 2011

This morning, long-term mortgage rates fell again, as Freddie Mac reported 4.49 percent with 0.7 of a point as the average on a 30-year fixed-rate mor... read»

The Buyer's Experience: An Atypical Short Sale

The Buyer's Experience: An Atypical Short Sale

Mark Wellborn | June 9th 2011

In a new feature debuting today on UrbanTurf, home buyers and sellers tell the good, the bad, the ugly and the weird associated with their home buying... read»

This Week's Find: A Dupont Circle Row House Transformed

This Week's Find: A Dupont Circle Row House Transformed

Mark Wellborn | June 8th 2011

In keeping with the transformation theme of last week, This Week's Find is a 20th-century row home in Dupont Circle that was redesigned from a series ... read»

Zillow Launches iPhone Mortgage Marketplace App

Zillow Launches iPhone Mortgage Marketplace App

Mark Wellborn | June 7th 2011

On Tuesday, the online real estate database and marketplace Zillow launched an iPhone version of its loan comparison tool. ... read»

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