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By: Urban Trekker
22Apr2010I'm going to attend the premiere of "Growing Greener Schools," tonight at the first LEED certified hotel in Maryland. As I'm preparing to educate myself about the program - since I'm going to interview them for my other blog: EcoTwist - wen...
By: Urban Trekker
19Apr2010This show is part of PBS' Blueprint America series about U.S. infrastructure, where Kojo Nnamdi hosts a panel of transportation experts to talk about the metro Washington DC transportation blueprint and where's taking us. The first 5 minutes or so is...
By: HomeGain Blog
16Apr2010In March, HomeGain, the first company to provide free instant home valuations online, released the national and regional results of our 2010 first quarter home values survey of more than 1,400 HomeGain members. Our survey asked real es...
By: Urban Trekker
10Apr2010Image by Getty Images via Daylife Looking to fix up your house? Here are the 10 tax breaks for going green, via Forbes. If you fix up your house. $1,500 off your tax bill - a 30% credit for the first $5,000 you spend in 2009 or 2010 for improvements...
By: Urban Trekker
22Mar2010You know that all real estate is local. This is the local forecast for our market for 2010-2011. According to data recently released by First American Core Logic, home prices for Washington DC- Arlington- Alexandria including sale of distressed homes...
By: Urban Trekker
12Mar2010Image via Wikipedia This is FHA saying. An increase in down payments to 5%, from the current minimum 3.5%, would limit new FHA-backed loans by 40%, equivalent to 300,000 fewer home sales, according to testimony that FHA Commissioner David Stevens is...
By: Urban Trekker
18Feb2010Memo to buyers: be patient, if you're buying a short-sales. A short sales required third-party approval, that is the lender/s holding the loan/s will have to get on board on your purchase. Sometimes they dance with you. Sometimes they don't. No quick...
