washington dc real estate: Help Pay for College in D.C. by Investing in a Back-to-School Condo or Home - 08/16/11 06:10 PM
Colleges and universities are expensive these days -- that's without a doubt! According to the College Board "Trends in College Pricing 2010," the average costs of sending your beloved 18 year old son or daughter on to receive higher education is as follows:
Public Four-Year In-State On-Campus: $20,339 Public Four-Year Out-of-State On-Campus: $32,329 Private Not-for-Profit Four-Year On-Campus: $40,476 That means that the cost of getting that undergraduate degree will run you or your student... into major debt -- $80K to $160K-worth! Note that these numbers include tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation and other expenses.
If your … (3 comments)
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washington dc real estate: Washington D.C. is Attractive to Women which makes it Attractive to Men! - 07/29/10 08:09 PM
Washington D.C. is one of the best places in the country, dare I say, the world, for women to call home.
You might be thinking "WHAT?!!!? I thought D.C. was an old-boys network... after all, with the military, lawyers, lobbyists, and the government, it's a man's town, isn't it?"
Crawl out of your shoebox. This is not your grandfather's Washington D.C.!
Think about it. There are 76 women in the House of Representatives and 17 in the Senate, and three of the last four Secretaries of State were women. Like'em or hate'em, or somewhere in between, Hillary Clinton and … (8 comments)
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washington dc real estate: Au Contraire, Mon Frère: Housing Prices Rise in D.C. Area - 02/15/10 03:54 PM
If you're only a casual follower of the real estate market, you've probably caught tidbits here and there on the news. There's lots of scare stories out there: foreclosures, short sales, resetting ARMs, banks going out of business, plummeting prices, etc.
It's enough to transform you from a ready, willing and able homebuyer into a cowering, spineless, anonymous creature who'd rather hole up in a cave somewhere in the mountains of Afghanistan than take your chances at entering into the tumultuous real estate market.
Had you been planning to sell your house you may have decided to stay … (9 comments)
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washington dc real estate: The College Grads are Coming! The College Grads are Coming! - 06/16/09 06:04 AM
Hip bars, cool restaurants, close to a beach, affordability, young & beautiful population.
Sure these are all things that attract newly graduated college students. But what really gets them flooding into any metropolitan area is the prospect for work. College grads go where the jobs are. They have no choice -- those college loans have to be paid off somehow!
While the rest of the country is bleeding jobs, the D.C. area is adding them. According to a report from Reuters, college graduates increasingly see the Washington DC area as a very attractive place to live and work:
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washington dc real estate: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right - 03/27/09 12:21 PM
HERE I AM STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU.
To be honest, it's not a bad place to be. At all.
What we're talking about here is home affordabilty. CNBC.com reports with some nifty online slideshows detailing
the Least Affordable Metro Areas &
the Most Affordable Metro Areas.
These lists are based on median home prices in each locale and median family income in those areas. Based on 4th quarter 2008 data from the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, this survey examined the percentage of affordable homes in each metropolitan area.
While homes in the … (8 comments)
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washington dc real estate: Won't You Be My Neighbor? Homes for Sale Near The White House - 02/18/09 01:40 PM
Do you want to live near The White House?
Imagine the President's motorcade being an everyday occurrence. Catch glimpses of the Marine One helicopters as they take up from The White House lawn. If you're a political junkie, a Barack Obama White House aide, or just want to be in the center of all the action, here's some news for you.
As of today, there are 60 homes in Washington D.C. on the market for sale within a 3/4 mile radius of The White House, priced from $134,900 to $1.15 million. The average price to … (9 comments)
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