Kathy Orton

Washington, D.C.

Reporter and editor covering the Washington metropolitan area housing market

Education: George Washington University, BA in international affairs; Radclifffe Publishing Course; Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists

Kathy Orton is a reporter and Web editor for the Real Estate section. She covers the Washington metropolitan area housing market. Previously, she wrote for the Sports section. She came to The Washington Post in 1996 from the Los Angeles Daily News. She also worked at the Cincinnati Post.
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Latest from Kathy Orton

Albert Small’s Bethesda, Md., estate offered at $11 million

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The six-bedroom, nine-bathroom, 10,600-square-foot Georgian manor is one of the largest parcels in the Edgemoor neighborhood.

October 28, 2022

Albert Small’s Bethesda, Md., estate offered at $11 million

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The six-bedroom, nine-bathroom, 10,600-square-foot Georgian manor is one one of the largest parcels in the Edgemore neighborhood.

October 27, 2022

Mortgage rates rise above 7 percent as Fed scrambles to slow economy

The housing market has taken a direct hit already from the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation.

October 27, 2022

Home to first Black woman with D.C. dental office lists for $5 million

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The 1892 Logan Circle rowhouse, with a distinctive copper cornice and bay window, has seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms.

October 14, 2022

D.C.'s Narrow House drops price to $3 million

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The 18-foot-wide house, designed by Iranian-born architect Djahanguir Darvich, went on the market earlier this year at $3.5 million.

October 7, 2022

Mortgage rates hit 6.7 percent as housing market keeps cooling

The long-awaited shift is playing out across the country as mortgage rates escalate to the highest levels in 15 years.

September 29, 2022

1911 Capitol Hill house for sale for $2.6 million

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The five-bedroom, five-bathroom, 5,100-square-foot house was designed by noted architect Clement A. Didden and his son George.

September 23, 2022

1927 stone house in Chevy Chase, Md., offered at $5 million

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The six-bedroom, seven-bathroom, 7.900-square-foot house was updated by architect David Jones.

September 16, 2022

Georgetown’s Decatur house lists for $7.9 million

HOUSE OF THE WEEK | The six-bedroom, seven-bathroom, 7,400-square-foot house takes its name from Susan Decatur, who was the widow of Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr.

September 16, 2022

Mortgage rates surpass 6 percent for the first time since 2008

The 30-year fixed-rate average hit 6.02 percent this week, reaching its highest level in 14 years.

September 15, 2022