<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Housing Outlook</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/realestate/specials/housingoutlook?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><description>Housing Outlook</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[Higher Prices, Tougher Choices]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55568-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55568-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sharon and Edward Virag had a clear vision of the house they wanted to buy when they moved here from Phoenix.]]></description><author> Daniela Deane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Median Sales Price Tops $300,000]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55572-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55572-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House prices throughout the Washington area continued their relentless climb last year, with costs rising in every jurisdiction and the median sales price topping $300,000.]]></description><author> Maryann Haggerty</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Much Home Does Your Money Buy Now?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55571-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55571-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[So, as home prices here continue to hit new highs, what can a house-hunter expect to find out there?]]></description><author> Sandra Fleishman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria City]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55513-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55513-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shoppers for homes in Alexandria faced a tough market in every neighborhood last year, but some of the steepest price increases were in the city's least historic districts.]]></description><author> Ellen McCarthy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55527-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55527-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Anne Arundel County housing price increases last year outstripped those the previous year and were among the sharpest in the region.]]></description><author> Sarah Abruzzese</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arlington County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55519-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55519-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For yet another year, housing costs continued to inflate in Arlington. Across the county, 2,824 single-family houses and townhouses sold at a median price of $465,000  --  $70,000, or  17.7 percent, more than in 2003.]]></description><author> Rob Pegoraro</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calvert County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55528-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55528-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Housing prices in Calvert County rose more slowly last year than in most of the region.]]></description><author> Sarah Abruzzese</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charles County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55529-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55529-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Charles County, housing price increases in 2004 far outstripped those of the previous year, and were the second steepest in the region.]]></description><author> Sarah Abruzzese</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fairfax County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55514-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55514-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Who would have thought a decade ago that the community of Lorton, long home to the D.C. Department of Corrections' sprawling prison complex, would become one of the hottest real estate markets not only in Fairfax County but also in the entire Washington region?]]></description><author> Bill Brubaker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frederick County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55530-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55530-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Relatively low housing costs have long been one of the draws of Frederick County, but demand has driven the median home sales price over $200,000.]]></description><author> Sarah Abruzzese</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Howard County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55532-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55532-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The median sale price for single-family houses and townhouses in Howard County rose 20.8 percent last year, driven in part by growing demand at a time of tight supply.]]></description><author> Dina ElBoghdady</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loudoun County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55521-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55521-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Want to see what it means that Loudoun is the fastest-growing county in the United States, as U.S. Census data show?]]></description><author> Bill Brubaker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montgomery County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55535-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55535-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While Bethesda, Potomac and Chevy Chase might  have the glamorous reputations, for the past two years the hottest housing markets in Montgomery County have been more affordable neighborhoods in Wheaton, Silver Spring, Germantown and Gaithersburg.]]></description><author> Annys Shin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince George's County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55536-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55536-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Home prices in Prince George's County rose more steeply than the average prices in the entire Washington region last year, besting even neighboring Montgomery County's price growth, according to a Washington Post analysis of local sales records.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince William County]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55522-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55522-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Wealthy Prince William County home buyers are heading west in search of land, but that land isn't cheap.]]></description><author> Jenalia Moreno</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The District]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55520-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55520-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_realestate/specials/housingoutlook</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:16:44 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The median price for single-family homes  and townhouses in the District rose only slightly last year, increasing 1.9 percent on average, although some neighborhoods saw much steeper increases.]]></description><author> Dana Hedgpeth</author></item></channel></rss>