Seeing the house in person was a bit like an encounter with a vampire: A once charming creature, full of life, adventures and stories, had turned into a bloodless, lifeless shell, generic, functional, and ... dead. Not that I ever have encountered a vampire, but you will get my point here very so
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12/19/2011
Following our look at the state of the market in Colonial Village, here comes the third quarter comparison for its twin neighborhood, Shepherd Park. And that turned out somewhat more interesting. When it comes to listing activity, the trends are almost the opposite of those in Colonial Village: w
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12/18/2011
Last year, I took at special look at some neighborhood statistics for the third quarter. I’ll do the same now. Why? Because the third quarter is a vulnerable time where trends show up in a more pronounced way. The market typically isn’t as slow as it is at the end of the year, but late summer/ear
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12/14/2011
Well, turns out that--at least in Washington--the average middle class guy in the early 20th century might not have known that much more about house building after all. But we'll get to that later. Yesterday, I promised more on kit homes. Here we go. The next amazing discovery I made when I was b
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12/12/2011
Original Source: The House In The Post 1917 Sears mail order bungalow in Washington DC's Shepherd Park neighborhood. Photo: Piers Lamb/Evers & Co. Last week, my business partner, Marcie Sandalow, and I had a listing appointment at a great old house. The owner mentioned it had been a mail order
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12/10/2011
