washingtonpost.com - Real EstateLearn about Washington DC real estate in the Washington DC area. Own, buy or sell real estate in Washington DC - Washington DC apartments, Washington DC condos, Washington DC houses, Washington DC lofts, luxury homes, land for sale, home finance.Keep Your Energy Dollars From Going Up in Smoke- July 13, 2008 You know it's coming. This winter's heating bills are going to be stupendous, whether you burn oil, natural gas or kilowatts. If you're going to do anything to minimize those bills, time's a-wasting, beach bum.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/333778792/AR20080712... Chat Plus- July 13, 2008 Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/333778789/AR20080712... What It Takes to Create a Community- July 12, 2008 How do you turn 17,000 acres, 5,000 acres or even 300 acres into a single community that workshttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/332972233/AR20080711... A Break From the Yard In Suburban Maple Lawn- July 12, 2008 When Prassad Karunakaran lived on a half-acre in Sykesville, northwest of Baltimore, tending to his spread came with the mortgage. Over time, the novelty of mowing turned into plain drudgery.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/333000117/AR20080711... Keeping Closer Tabs On Brokers- July 12, 2008 Should your mortgage loan officer's fingerprints be on file in a national electronic database, even if he or she has never been convicted of a crimehttp://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/332972228/AR20080711... To Sell to Gen-Y, You Have to Meet Them Online- July 5, 2008 Despite the housing recession, there are still more than 1.5 million real estate agents in the United States.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/326885564/AR20080704... Anonymity Carries a Price at New Zillow Site- July 5, 2008 Zillow, a popular real estate Web site, now has a complementary mortgage site where neither lenders nor borrowers pay for the service.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/326885571/AR20080704... A Realization in Fairfax About Traffic and Housing- July 5, 2008 Affordable-housing problems are a perennial theme of conferences sponsored by state and local governments, professional organizations, and trade associations. Fairfax County, one of America's most affluent jurisdictions, recently came up with a smart variation on that theme for its latest housing...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/326885570/AR20080704... Help for Homeowners Hangs in the Balance- July 5, 2008 Congress left town for the July 4 recess with a half-baked cake in its legislative oven -- one that has huge potential significance for the housing and mortgage markets. The relief package left unfinished is designed to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners heading for foreclosure, pull buyers...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/realestate/index_xml/~3/326885573/AR20080704... |