How is the market? What is actually out there for buyers? Not much, at least that's what we get to hear from frustrated buyers all the time. In a few days, it will be time for an analysis of the first quarter statistics. For now, let's look at the available properties in this DC suburb: There
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03/24/2011
The absolutely amazing Travis Price house I mentioned a few weeks ago, finally went on the market yesterday! It's a big and very special house, and the sellers--hard-working DC professionals with little time to spare--did a great job to get it ready for the public. My co-lister Bonnie Lewin a
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03/15/2011
While January traditionally sees the fewest closings under any market conditions in the DC area—a consequence of the lowest level of contracts entered during the holiday season—the current weather improvement gives hope that market activity soon will pick up. (The groundhog can’t be wrong!) This
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02/23/2011
What’s the ultimate dwelling here, the true staple of real estate in Washington, DC? Yes, of course: the 3-bedroom brick or stone colonial. Sure, we have plenty of grander architecture as well. And yes, there are tons of 19th-century townhouses, some scattered farm houses and the split levels and
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02/14/2011
To be honest, I had all but given up. I mean, it's been more than two months since I wrote about Angela, the Virtual Tour Shark. As evidenced in the comments back then, a bunch of my AR buddies were as intrigued as I was by the mystery and charm of the shiny fish that seemed to randomly surfac
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01/19/2011
This week, my colleague Bonnie Lewin and I listed the house that belongs to my neighbors, almost across the street. It's a fabulous and very unique home designed by Travis Price, a well-known DC area architect. It's nestled against DC's Rock Creek Park, has lots of "green" features and walls of
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01/13/2011
After four months in this country, our German au pair, Steffi, still seems perpetually surprised about the fact that so many of the cliches and stereotypes she had in her head don't turn out to be that true. At least in DC, not everybody eats fast food and fried chicken all the time, not everybod
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12/28/2010
The 4th Quarter of each year is traditionally the "slowest" in any real estate market, at least in the DC area. It's time to look back and evaluate some trends. Today, we are taking a closer look at the Washington, DC suburb of Rock Creek Forest, the most eastern neighborhood of Chevy Chase, Ma
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11/05/2010
Help!! This one is for you house doctors, you diagnosticians of home anatomy. It happens all the time, especially in the DC area where former swamp land and clay soil have formed a hostile union: mold in the basement, wet carpets, rotten doorposts, peeling paint, a nasty, mildewy smell, and al
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11/04/2010
Here we are: It’s late in the day, and I’m trying to pick out properties for a buyer I’m going to meet in the morning. It doesn’t help when all the places look alike in that price range, does it? Next on the list is just one more renovated condo, number 17 of 23, or something like that. It’s in a
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11/02/2010
