Washington DC Real Estate News, Hot Topics And Market Data
October 1, 2026
A New Credit-Score Rivalry
September 27, 2026
Condo Intervention
September 24, 2026
The High-Level LLM DC Market Forecasting Shaggy Dog Story
September 21, 2026
The 5.9% Mortgage Rate Pipedream
September 20, 2026
The 30% Condo Tax Congress Forgot to Update
September 18, 2026
Has “Too Big to Fail” Become Ubiquitous?
September 9, 2026
Why Your Condo Purchase May Fail Due To The Association’s Insurance Policy
September 8, 2026
Rocket’s New Redfin CEO Doesn’t Want to Be Your Real Estate Broker.
September 5, 2026
DC Considers NY-Style Pied-à-Terre Tax
September 4, 2026
Are Zillow’s “Lifestyle Renters” Just Buyer Wannabes?
October 1, 2026
Getting a conventional mortgage used to require FICO credit approval. But now, the next question for lenders may be: Which credit score do you use?
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Condo Intervention
SusanIsaacs
Condo markets nationwide are in peril. It’s time for an intervention. Fewer owners are finding buyers. Inventory has climbed, marketing times have lengthened, and a growing number of sellers are competing for a shrinking pool of purchasers.
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The High-Level LLM DC Market Forecasting Shaggy Dog Story
SusanIsaacs
I gave market data to one of OpenAI’s highest-level reasoning models and asked it to build a 12-month probabilistic DC real estate market forecast.
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July 29, 2026
DC REAL ESTATE TOOLS
SusanIsaacs
Washington DC Real Estate Explained. Answers to the real estate questions asked most often by buyers, sellers and investors. Each … Keep Reading
July 28, 2026
DC REAL ESTATE MARKET UPDATE
SusanIsaacs
The Freshest Washington DC Data. The DC real estate market is constantly evolving. Stay ahead of trends and shifts with … Keep Reading
September 4, 2026
Are Zillow’s “Lifestyle Renters” Just Buyer Wannabes?
Before Deciding Americans Prefer Renting, Maybe We Should Find Out If They Can Afford to Buy Zillow says something interesting is happening to the American renter. Once viewed largely as a temporary stop on the way to homeownership, renting is increasingly becoming a deliberate long-term choice, Zillow claims. It calls the people making it “lifestyle renters.” Renting Is A Legitimate Long-Term Option, Not A Fallback So says Zillow Chief Economist Mischa Fisher. For some people, it absolutely is. But Zillow points to another statistic as evidence of this changing attitude: Only 42% of renters say they would be very or … Keep Reading
DC Made Alley Housing Easier. It Did Not Make It Easy.
As of July, residential use is permitted on some DC alley lots where it previously wasn’t. But don’t get too excited…
Those House-Hoarding Boomers Part 2
Boomers are accused of hoarding America’s housing stock. Buying houses cheap, massive equity gains, locked-in mortgages and refusal to sell.