West End

Blog posts about West End real estate

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Top DC Condo Sales - April 2010

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 at 2:00pm. 419 Views, 4 Comments.

The West End and Capitol Hill Have Top Luxury Sales

2501_penn_400The most expensive condo to sell in the District during April 2010 was in The West End at the 2501 Penn, located at 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue #2A, Washington, DC.  This new construction condo was completed in 2009 and is 2,732 SF and features 2 BR / 2.5 BA.  The selling price was $2.185M / $800 SF.

Congratulations to selling Realtor Anne Blakeman of Urban Pace for closing the most expensive condo sale in the District in April 2010.

Honorable mcongressional_overlook_front_400ention for the 2nd most expensive DC condo sold in April 2010 was on Capitol Hill at Congressional Overlook, located at 23 D St, #23B SE Washington, DC. This new construction condo features 2 BR / 2.5 BA. The selling price was $1.9M.

Congratulations to selling…

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DC New Construction Condo Round-up

Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 4:43pm. 1001 Views, 6 Comments.

DC Condo Projects With Remaining Builder Inventory 

The article in Forbes about the DC economy rebounding the quickest in the US reaffirms what we are seeing the urban trenches of the DC condo market.  Well priced condos are basically flying off the shelves like iPods in the Apple store around the holidays.

With new construction projects grinding to a halt a couple of years ago, developer new construction inventory in the District is quickly being absorbed.  If you are interested in a new construction DC condo, here is a consolidated list sorted by neighborhood of projects with remaining inventory.  You can click thru to look at specific listings.

Capitol Hill: Butterfield House  Congressional Overlook  Jenkins Row  Landmark Lofts

Columbia Heights:

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Stretching DC Neighborhood Borders

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 at 1:30pm. 165 Views, 4 Comments.

It only takes a couple of minutes of searching in the Washington DC MLS database to find a multitude of meandering neighborhood borders.  When did the West End become Georgetown?......when did Capitol Hill extend to Nationals Park......did the national army of Kalorama invade Adams Morgan and claim Columbia Road as their own?

Was there a city-wide Realtor training session that I missed on how to juice up the price of a listing by stretching the borders of a neighborhood?  I surely don't understand the logic behind advertising a property in a neighboring community.  Aren't DC buyers just smarter than that?  Armed with tools like Google Maps and GPS units can't most buyers see through this strategy?  Also, with so much searching starting on the web,…

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Top DC Condo Sales - January 2010

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 11:38am. 222 Views, 3 Comments.

 2501_penn_400The most expensive condo to sell in the District during January 2010 was in the West End at  the new 2501 Penn project located at 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW #5C, Washington DC. This new construction unit is 2,760 SF and features 3 BR and 2.5BA.  The selling price was $2.2M / $797 SF.

Congratulations to selling Realtor Michele Topel of Urban Pace for closing the most expensive condo sale in the District in January 2010.

Honorable22-west_400 mention for the 2nd most expensive DC condo sold in January 2010 was in the West End at 22 West located at 1177 22nd Street, NW #8D Washington, DC.  This new construction condo is 2,337 SF and features 3 BR and 3 BA.  The selling price was $2.125M / $909 SF.

Congratulations to Mei-Mei Watts-Venners of Eastbanc Marketing, LLC…

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Top DC Condo Sales - November 2009

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 3:05pm. 422 Views, 6 Comments.

2501_penn_400The most expensive condo to sell in the District during November 2009 was in the West End at  the new 2501 Penn project located at 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW #3A, Washington DC. This new construction unit is features 2 BR and 2.5BA.

The selling price was $2.1M.  Congratulations to selling Realtor Michele Topel of Urban Pace for closing the most expensive condo sale in the District in November 2009.

Honorable mention for the 2nd most expensive DC condo sold in November 2009 was in Observatory Circle at the Colonnade Condominiums located 2801 New Mexico Avenue NW #PH 7-8, Washington, DC.  This penthouse unit is 3,100 SF and features 3 BR + library and 3.5 BA.

The selling price was $1.4M / $451 SF.  Congratulations to Diana Hart of TTR Sothebys…

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Top DC Condo Sales - October 2009

Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 9:06pm. 193 Views, 6 Comments.

washington_harbour_384The most expensive condo to sell in the District during October 2009 was in Georgetown at Washington Harbour  Condominiums located at 3030 K Street, #305, NW Washington, DC.  This newly renovated unit is 2,513 SF and features 2 BR+ den and 2.5BA.

The selling price was $1.7M / $676 SF.  Congratulations to selling Realtor John Vardas of TTR Sothebys International Realty for closing the most expensive condo sale in the District in October 2009.

22-west_400Honorable mention for the 2nd most expensive DC condo sold in October 2009 was in the West End at 22 West Condos, located at 1177 22nd Street, NW Washington, DC.  This newly constructed 1,654 SF condo features 2BR+den and 2 BA.

The selling price was $1.5M / $906 SF.  Congratulations to Shawn Breck of TTR Sothebys…

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Birth Announcement - DC Condo Boutique

Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 12:04pm. 146 Views, 2 Comments.

I am pleased to announce the arrival of Washington DC's newest real estate website, the DC Condo Boutique.  The site went live on November 4, 2009 at 9:22 PM EST.  It was a relatively brief and uneventful period of propagation after the domain name servers were updated at 7:30 PM EST.

The DC Condo Boutique is a hefty entrant into the Washington, DC real estate cyberspace, weighing in at 202 pages and 210 snippets.  The proud dad has a bit of a sore wrist, tired eyes and some worn keys on his MacBook Pro as a result of the fast and furious pace of development.

A huge shout out to the staff at REW for their patience, guidance, knowledge and assistance throughout the development of this baby. Thanks Garet, Ross, Gerry, Nick and Morgan for your excellent work. …

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