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Real Estate in Review: 2000-09
What follows a decade of boom and bust?
What will 2010 bring? Many economists expect to see a continuation of the tentative signs of healing found in the housing market in 2009.
D.C. developers swagger no longer
The people and firms that drove Washington's revival during the boom, putting up scads of new buildings and reveling in eye-popping profits, are now scratching to survive.
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Building value by the fairways
Golf Club Manor homes continued to gain value throughout the recession. Why the continued growth? "Community and schools," a local real estate agent said.
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House Calls
Fairfax homeowner Cheryl Lewis would like to add some "class, color and room to breathe" in her living room.
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Blog: Local Address
Resolutions for next year's holiday season
12:35 PM
Well, the Thanksgiving-through-New Year's holiday marathon is over. All that's left is to un-decorate the house, haul a dead evergreen out to the curb...and regain my composure. While this year's festivities are still fresh on my mind, I resolve (again) to make next year's holidays more efficient and less stressful. Here are my resolutions: 1. Get the house in shape by the end of October. That means watching less football and doing more cleaning and fixing. 2. Buy new show shovels and ice scrapers in November. We thought we went into this winter fully stocked, but a couple of old tools broke as we dug out of December's snow, and now the stores are depleted. 3. Ship blankets and comforters off to the dry cleaner in September so we're well-prepared for visitors. 4. Organize--and label--all the bedding by size so mom is not the only one in the house who
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