Posts By UrbanTurf Staff
Following are all articles by UrbanTurf author UrbanTurf Staff, from most recent to least.
20 Percent Down Payments Required?
UrbanTurf Staff | March 2nd 2011
An article in The Wall Street Journal this morning reports that a group of government agencies are backing a proposal that would require a 20 percent ... read»
UrbanTurf Reader Asks: What and Where to Buy With $250K?
UrbanTurf Staff | March 1st 2011
In this installment of UrbanTurf Reader Asks, a first-time buyer with a budget of around $250,000 asks the UrbanTurf audience for recommendations of g... read»
Georgetown Home of Big Planet Comics Up For Sale
UrbanTurf Staff | February 28th 2011
The row house that has been home to Georgetown comic book store Big Planet Comics since 2001 is now up for sale. The listing at 3145 Dumbarton Avenue ... read»
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Weekly Departure: Italian Islands For Sale!
UrbanTurf Staff | February 25th 2011
The Wall Street Journal reported recently that a group of three islands are for sale off the coast of Italy for the paltry sum of $263 million. ... read»
Mortgage Rates Back Below 5%
UrbanTurf Staff | February 25th 2011
After jumping above five percent two weeks ago, Freddie Mac reported 4.95 percent as the average on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage this week. It was th... read»
Redfin Switches to Service That Offers More Foreclosure Data
UrbanTurf Staff | February 24th 2011
Redfin recently started using a new service that provides more foreclosure listings and information about those properties to its sites around the cou... read»
Under Contract: Best Listings and Green Condos
UrbanTurf Staff | February 24th 2011
In Under Contract this week, UrbanTurf looks back at a few Best New Listings and a couple units at the city's newest green condo project to see which ... read»
Discount Buses Leave Old Convention Center, Move Near Union Station
UrbanTurf Staff | February 23rd 2011
Housing Complex has reported that, with one of the biggest mixed-use projects in the city about to break ground, two of the most popular discount bus ... read»
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EYA and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority have requested a two-year ... read »

While the broader DC-area housing market grapples with elevated mortgage rates and ca... read »

From the Maryland line down to the edge of downtown, a mix of office conversions, inf... read »

Dulles International Airport is slated for its biggest transformation since it opened... read »

Close-in suburbs are seeing some of the steepest rent declines in the region, while s... read »
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