<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - </title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/realestate/dcarealiving?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[High on Their Lofty Spaces on the Hill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9157-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9157-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Jamie Brown and Kyle Hamblin say they won't be buying another 17-foot Christmas tree this year.]]></description><author> Stephanie Cavanaugh</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Community Spirit Is Hallcrest's Hallmark]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56167-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56167-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the mid-1990s, Hallcrest Heights in McLean appeared to be heading downhill.]]></description><author> Ann Cameron Siegal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tradition Remains Solid  In Bethesda Neighborhood]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36965-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36965-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  For 69 years, the two-story stone and timbered stucco cottage looked down from a knoll onto the Bethesda neighborhood of Woodhaven.]]></description><author> Janet Lubman Rathner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Par With the Good Life in Mitchellville]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18661-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18661-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  When Mark Branch first saw Woodmore's tranquil 67-acre lake, rolling golf greens and stately homes several years ago, he told himself that he was going to live in that neighborhood someday.]]></description><author> Keisha Stewart</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Development Straddling I-95 Proves a Big Draw to Families]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A640-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A640-2005Mar25.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Scott and Kelly Hauff feel pretty good about the house they bought last year. In July, the couple purchased a Colonial in Emerson, a rambling new residential, commercial and office development taking shape in North Laurel. Price tag: $604,000.]]></description><author> Tony Glaros</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Round Hill Captures Loudoun's Old Spirit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47420-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47420-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pam and Gary Oldham were not prepared for what a 21-mile move last August would teach them about community and adaptability.]]></description><author> Ann Cameron Siegal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding the Good Life  Right Where You Left It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45911-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45911-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  When Jim Davis graduated from Pennsylvania State University, he figured he was leaving for good. But more than 50 years later, he's back, this time for retirement.]]></description><author> Adam Geller</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coleson Cluster Keeps Focus on Interaction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27416-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27416-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When Galen Mook, 8, didn't arrive home at the expected time, Sarah Larson, his mother, began making calls around their Reston neighborhood.]]></description><author> Rita Zeidner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Susanka's Signatures  --  and Surprises  --  Fill Demo Home in Orlando]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27412-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27412-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Are you the type who likes a "what you see is what you get" kind of house?]]></description><author> Katherine Salant</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Palisades of the Potomac]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7885-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7885-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Architectural variety in houses usually results in a variety of homeowners, and in Northwest Washington's Palisades neighborhood, that's what you find.]]></description><author> Andrea J. Rouda</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suburbs' Birthplace: A Dream Displaced]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6131-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6131-2005Mar4.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ LEVITTOWN, N.Y. -- More than 50 years ago, World War II veterans and their families swarmed to Long Island for the single-family homes and green lawns of a new, affordable, middle-class dreamland called suburbia. These days many of their grandchildren can no longer afford to live there.]]></description><author> Leon Lazaroff  Chicago Tribune</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature and History Are Good Neighbors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53647-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53647-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Four hundred yards from the Laurel/Bowie ramp on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway is the aptly named community of Montpelier Woods.]]></description><author> Ann Cameron Siegal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A New Guide Walks Homeowners Through the Process of Building 'Green']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53642-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53642-2005Feb25.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   You want to build an environmentally sensible house -- one that is "green," with good indoor air quality, energy efficiency and, wherever possible, materials that are environmentally benign.]]></description><author> Katherine Salant</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touching Base on Burke Street for 70 Years]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35580-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35580-2005Feb18.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In 1951, Willie Bowman paid one Mr. Albright $15,950 for a modest brick rowhouse on Burke Street SE.]]></description><author> Stephanie Cavanaugh</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fireplace Earns Spot In Many Remodelings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33680-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33680-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE -- A growing number of American homeowners have a burning desire for fireplaces.]]></description><author> Michele Derus</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[World War II Housing: Divided Then United]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17304-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17304-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Gasoline rationing and Jim Crow laid the groundwork in during the early days of World War II for the Montgomery County neighborhoods of Cabin John Gardens and Carver Road.]]></description><author> Janet Lubman Rathner</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Ideas for Small Lots: 3 Architects Put Show-House Creations to the Test]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17299-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17299-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You don't have to be a genius to know what's going on in the home-building business today.]]></description><author> Katherine Salant</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oddity, The Ecstasy Of the Little Lost Lane]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62545-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62545-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When serious snow blankets the area, residents of tiny Hawkins Lane in North Chevy Chase don't wait for the county plows.]]></description><author> Eugene L. Meyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home-Affordability Measure at 4-Year Low in 2004]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63921-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63921-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The affordability of U.S. homes fell to a four-year low last year as a surge in prices offset lower mortgage rates, the National Association of Realtors said this week.]]></description><author> Kathleen M. Howley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mantua Residents Put Down Roots]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44839-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44839-2005Jan28.html?nav=rss_realestate/dcarealiving</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:17:01 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With its tall, old trees, large lots and houses set back from sidewalk-free streets, Mantua looks more like a rural neighborhood than a 1,642-home community not far outside the Beltway in Fairfax County.]]></description><author> Susan Straight</author></item></channel></rss>