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Homes by Navy Yard include a growing number of new developments, both new apartment buildings and new condos, including the Velocity Condos on Capitol Hill built in 2009 and the Foundry Lofts, which wrapped up construction in 2011.

The Yards Foundry Lofts at 301 Tingey Street SE are renting for about $2,536 to $3,323 for 755-square-foot 1 bedroom apartments. Two-bedroom apartment homes rent for between about $3,000 and $5,100.  These 170 luxury loft apartment homes by Navy Yard Metro are located in an old warehouse that was once the site where workers put together machinery for WWII military fleets called the Pattern Joiner Ship. Many of its units have views of the Anacostia and downtown D.C.

The Foundry Lofts homes by Navy Yard also include 33…

522 RIGGS RD NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20011

List Price: $248,753

This is a reasonable price for a home in Riggs Park just 5 blocks from the Fort Totten metro station.  This home is dated and needs some work but could be a nice home for the right buyer. 

1509 CHANNING ST NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20018

List Price: $299,000

This home in Woodbridge has been on and off the market since December.  It is a short sale that is currently tenant occupied.  The home has great bones and would make a solid home for a buyer willing to do some fixing up. 

702 4TH ST SE, WASHINGTON, DC 20003

List Price: $449,900

Homes on Capitol Hill are rarely this affordable.  This is a 2 bed/1 bath attached home within walking distance to the Eastern Market metro station.  A buyer…

The DC Streetcar on H Street, a much-anticipated streetcar project on H Street and near Capital Hill, is moving forward. The Department of Transportation in late February presented renderings of the DC Streetcar on H Street to the DC Commission of Fine Arts and the Historic Preservation Review Board. These presentations put the DC Street Car on H Street one step closer to reviving a form of transportation popular more than 50 years ago in the District by late next year or early 2014.

The DC Streetcar on H Street will be the first phase of the DC Streetcar project, followed by segments in Anacostia and in other parts of the city after that. The main goal with the DC Streetcar on H Street is to link neighborhoods with an alternative mode of transportation…

The Wonder Bread Factory in Shaw neighborhood, where row houses and condo conversions are dominating the market, is now well past the day it was supposed to welcome its first tenant who signed on late last year, but those plans recently abruptly came to a halt.

The Wonder Bread Factory in Shaw, which was to be the first at the revamped building at 641 S. St. NW, first leased 20,817 square feet to WorkSpaces LLC and planned to move in when the project is complete in January 2013.

But since then, WorkSpaces LLC has backed out of the deal, as it abruptly canceled plans just after announcing it had hired four new employees to the location. It also said it would close its New York and Baltimore locations.

Douglas Development Corp., which is renovating…

Shaw area properties seem to be in the next up-and-coming neighborhood in the District, right next to Logan Circle and the U Street corridor.

Here, recent Shaw area properties listings include a $399,000, 1BR, 730-square-foot condo on Florida Avenue and a $249,000, 1BR, 453-square-foot studio on Marion Street.

Like many communities on the outskirts of Washington D.C.’s long-established downtown and Dupont areas, the Shaw area properties have been slower to change but now the area welcoming a surge of enhancing development that’s triggering a hot housing market.

The Shaw area is referred to as the “Harlem of Washington D.C.” for its rich black culture.  This community is in Northwest along Florida Avenue is predominantly known for Howard University…

A Brightwood home sold for a record amount recently. The home was located at 5821 4th Street NW at Oglethorpe, just a few blocks north of Missouri, and was listed for $649,000. It closed at $656,000 on February 15. The three-level Brightwood home that sold for a record amount was a contemporary, detached home built in 1939.

The home has four bedrooms and four full baths, all freshly renovated last year and has hardwood floors throughout. This is a 3,000-square-foot home with a new white gourmet kitchen, luxury bath, breakfast bar and custom closet. Brightwood is a community with very active community association, but this particular property required no HOA fees.

Along with Shepherd Park, Brightwood is one of the most northern communities in…

Development in Petworth community, a mix of brick row houses and single-family homes tucked between Arkansas Avenue and North Capital Street Northwest, is forging ahead. This community has come a long way from its origins as two privately owned country estates in the 1800s.

Petworth, which started to blossom as a community with a streetcar stop on a route from Silver Spring to downtown, is bulging with projects, most notably the long-awaited Safeway. This week, the Washington Business Journal, counted the cranes in Petworth as among the more than 60 cranes city-wide that are signaling a rebirth of local development.

Washington D.C. recently issued a tower crane permit to Duball Petworth LLC to construct the community’s beloved Safeway, which will…

Dog Parks in Dupont Circle probably aren’t the first amenity that comes to mind when you think of this trendy D.C. community, bustling with restaurants, bars and highly-priced studios.

But increasingly, homeowners are calling for more pet-friendly features in their neighborhoods and Dupont is one community that has responded. Dog Parks in Dupont Circle are not obvious. The S Stree Dog Park, tucked just south of Adams Morgan and North of Dupont Circle on New Hampshire Avenue at 17th Street is perhaps the most handy dog park to resident of Dupont Circle.

Like many dog parks in D.C., the dog parks in Dupont Circle like the S Street Dog Park are maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation, along with, of course the dog owners themselves.

Dog…

A real estate auction in Trinidad Wednesday will feature a three-level colonial townhouse at 1408 Morse Street NE in Washington D.C, just north of Maryland Avenue.

The real estate auction in Trinidad is for an end unit home with a list price of $250,000, an end with three bedrooms, two full baths and one half bathroom. It has an unfinished basement.

The public real estate auction in Trinidad will be held Wednesday, February 27 at noon at the house and requires a $20,000 deposit in certified funds only. The list price will be the opening bid and there will be no pre-auction offers. Buyers interested in the real estate auction in Trinidad can view the property in a pre-showing one hour before the auction begins.

The real estate auction in Trinidad is…

219 5TH ST NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20002

List Price: $740,000

This is a home on Capitol Hill that needs some renovation.  The location is prime being that it is just 3 blocks from Union Station and the senate office buildings.  This would be a good buy for a homeowner looking to use the FHA203K program to fix up the home

1215 Morse St NE, WASHINGTON, DC  20002

List Price: $480,000

The Trinidad neighborhood in DC is one of the more affordable areas still left.   This is a rare 3 unit of 4 bedroom units.  The square footage is 3,570.  That is huge!  Buy this home in Trinidad and hold onto it while the area continues to improve. 

1200 HEMLOCK ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20012

List Price: $425,000

This is a massive (over 3,300 sq ft) semi-detached row…