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Most Popular Posts - This Week

Following are the most popular UrbanTurf articles from the last seven days, from most to least popular.

First-Timer Primer: A Condo Fee Tutorial

First-Timer Primer: A Condo Fee Tutorial

UrbanTurf Staff | July 1st

Why condo fees are high in some buildings and low in others can be a difficult question to answer. UrbanTurf provides a quick tutorial for buyers on t... read»

First-Timer Primer: Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy?

First-Timer Primer: Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy?

UrbanTurf Staff | July 6th

In this edition of First-Timer Primer, we look into the question of how to determine if a condo building where you are considering buying is in good f... read»

First-Timer Primer: Taxes and Profit from Selling a Home

First-Timer Primer: Taxes and Profit from Selling a Home

UrbanTurf Staff | June 30th

Here's what you need to know about reporting profit made from the sale of your home.... read»

First-Timer Primer: The Escalation Clause

First-Timer Primer: The Escalation Clause

UrbanTurf Staff | June 30th

In hot housing markets, potential homebuyers are adding escalation clauses so that their offers are as competitive as possible.... read»

First-Timer Primer: How A Retirement Account Can Help Buy A Home

First-Timer Primer: How A Retirement Account Can Help Buy A Home

UrbanTurf Staff | July 2nd

A Roth IRA is one of those accounts that people feel is totally off limits until you reach the age of 59 1/2. But that is not entirely true.... read»

The Plan To Throw Shade On Cleveland Park

The Plan To Throw Shade On Cleveland Park

UrbanTurf Staff | July 2nd

On this day of 100+ degree heat, we take a look at a novel proposal aiming to bring relief from the sun to a retail strip along Connecticut Avenue NW.... read»

49-Unit H Street Project Breaks Ground As Corridor Ponders Its Future

49-Unit H Street Project Breaks Ground As Corridor Ponders Its Future

UrbanTurf Staff | July 2nd

Construction has begun on a long-planned residential project along the H Street Corridor.... read»

An 800-Unit Expansion Pitched For Arlington's Potomac Towers

An 800-Unit Expansion Pitched For Arlington's Potomac Towers

UrbanTurf Staff | July 1st

Plans have been filed with Arlington County to redevelop the nearly seven-acre property into a phased, mixed-use complex... read»

Bread for the City Unveils Plans for New Anacostia Headquarters

Bread for the City Unveils Plans for New Anacostia Headquarters

UrbanTurf Staff | July 1st

Plans filed with DC show a three-story building at 1640 Marion Barry Avenue SE consolidating the organization's food, social service, and community pr... read»

DC Area Rents: Up For The Month, Down For The Year

DC Area Rents: Up For The Month, Down For The Year

UrbanTurf Staff | June 30th

Rents climbed for a second straight month in May, according to the latest data from Apartment List, though the region's rental market remains firmly i... read»

DC Real Estate Guides

Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market

We've collected all our helpful guides for buying, selling and renting in and around Washington, DC in one place. Start browsing below!

First-Timer Primers

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

Red Flags Revealed During a Home Inspection Top 5 Tax Breaks For Homeowners Tax Relief for DC Homeowners
Condo Fee Tutorial What is a Rent Back? 10 Ways To Tell If a Home Renovation is Well Done
Obtaining a Basic Business License For Your Rental What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? The Splitting the Rent Formula
How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House? Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy? Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
The Scoop on Mortgage Insurance

Unique Spaces

Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC The R Street Firehouse DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home Best Transition From a Garage To a Home The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill Once a Carriage House, Now a Home The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville Saddle Up For Stable Living Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home A Yankee Goes Green DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse