A lot of the condominiums for sale in the District are in buildings erected after 1940 that have wood parquet floors. And when they go on the market, the sellers have often buried the parquet under new floors that look like wood. And in some newly constructed and renovated houses and ...
Continue ReadingThe Graying of Washington Neighborhoods My own house is typical of many Washington row houses built around 1915. It’s boxy with a front porch across the facade, and it’s built of bricks that are a sort of German dark mustard yellow. During the several decades I’ve lived here, I’ve been ...
Continue ReadingOK, I have nothing against escalators, at least not the ones that get you from Ladies Handbags to Housewares at Bloomingdales. But when you are planning a strategy that will win a bidding war, so called “escalator clauses” are tool that’s a necessary evil to win your next home. In ...
Continue ReadingIf you want to find out the value of your automobile, there is an app for that. Just pull up Kelley Blue Book’s web site, and you can get a very close estimate of what the value is for any model in any condition, whether you plan to trade it in ...
Continue ReadingThis week, I have an old friend flying into town to look at houses, and the inventory is tight. Even so, when I signed onto our multiple listing service, I found a lot of places that looked like possible fits, at least that’s how they looked in the photos. But ...
Continue ReadingNo doubt about it. We are in a really goofy real estate market in the Washington, DC area. And if you want to move, finding the perfect house is a whole lot easier than buying the perfect house. And buyers who haven’t been in the market for a while are finding the current ground rules ...
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