Capital Homes: Pat Kennedy’s Washington, D.C., Real Estate Blog

In the District of Columbia, like many jurisdictions, condo buyers get a little extra time after their offer is accepted to look at the basic documents that cover the money stuff and the basic ground rules set down by the owners’ association they are buying into.
These papers cover

The budget
The rules and regulations
The by-laws governing the [...]

There are lots of web sites out there promising you all kinds of help you might not need if you are buying or selling a house or condo. It might be access to a gazillion lenders or real estate agents who will cut interest rates or commissions for a crack at your business. [...]

I just got home from showing a bunch of houses in my favorite champagne-taste, beer-budget neighborhoods, and one of them looked amazing on the MRIS.
It was the only house in this neighborhood that actually was beer budget. It wasn’t the style my buyers were looking for, but they wanted a big lot, and this [...]

If you are a Washington Area consumer trying to make sense of news reports about the local real estate market, you really have to listen carefully and read between the lines.
If, for example, you are listening to a nightly news report on a national network or cable news program, you will be getting information about [...]