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Washington Post's Real Estate section is your source for buying and selling a home and finding open houses in Washington,DC,Maryland and Virginia. DC,Virginia and Maryland. Post Real Estate also includes discussions and blogs on DC metro area real estate issues.


  • Brick facades are sturdy, but keeping them that way requires care
    by Elizabeth Festa
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    As old as dirt, the sturdy brick is. Long before fairy tales with pigs and wolves came along, ancient peoples knew the strength, fire resistance and durability of the humble clay brick. Modern people know that it adds value and the aura of prestige to a home.


    Business - Construction and Maintenance - Materials and Supplies - Masonry Units - Masonry and Stone

  • Lender could end up paying if all fees were not revealed at buyer's closing
    by Ilyce R. Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    Q: My wife and I purchased a house in Florida last April. This past weekend we received a letter and an invoice from the law office that acted as the parties' closing agent, informing us that we owed fees for "additional endorsements requested by the lender after the closing."


    Real estate - Business - Loan - United States - Mortgage
  • Featured Advertiser
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm

  • Where We Live: Ashburn Manor in Virginia's Loudoun County
    by Amy Reinink
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    Ashburn Manor is a neighborhood best defined by what it is not.


    Virginia - Loudoun County Virginia - United States - Loudoun - Counties

  • In down economy, owning a vacation home may be more business than pleasure
    by Sonja Ryst
    27 Aug 2010 at 10:00pm
    Tina Lambert and her husband wanted an investment that would help them pay for their kids' college tuition someday. When he insisted on paying $49,000 for a condominium in Ocean City in 1997, she worried. But by the middle of this decade, when housing markets were in full boom, the condo's value ...



    Business - United States - Travel and Tourism - Lodging - Caribbean

  • The living is easy in Northeast Washington's Brookland neighborhood
    by Sadie Dingfelder
    27 Aug 2010 at 10:00pm
    Just a few miles northeast of the bustling center of downtown, the District has a neighborhood where the buzz of lawnmowers is more common than siren wails, Victorian homes perch on sprawling lawns, and children sell lemonade and oatmeal cookies.


    Washington DC - United States - Northeast Washington D.C. - Brookland - Neighborhoods
  • Fannie Mae's national lending program HomePath is worth a look
    by Kenneth R. Harney
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    If you fit the profile -- typically buyers with little cash on hand or small-scale investors looking for a deal on a foreclosed house -- a little-publicized national lending program could be just what you need this fall.


    Fannie Mae - United States - Freddie Mac - Mortgage loan - Loan

  • Brickmaking employs methods old and new
    by Post
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    There are three ways to make bricks, explains Gary Clark, a sales manager for brickmaker Glen-Gery Corp., headquartered in Wyomissing, Pa.


    United States - art - Music - Literature - Religion and Spirituality

  • A thick lawn can be yours with just a few steps
    by Joel M. Lerner
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    It is said, "To everything there is a season," and we just reached one of those times of the year. If you want the greenest, healthiest lawn possible, fall is the season to obtain your best results by stimulating strong networks of roots and growth on turf. Your grass doesn't have to be the non-w...



    Garden - Lawn - Home - Landscaping - Shopping
  • With family's cooperation, inheritance of home can happen without will
    by Harvey S. Jacobs
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    My widowed grandmother passed away recently without leaving a will. She owned her home free and clear of any mortgages. My grandmother left five surviving children: my mother, two aunts and two uncles. I am the only grandchild. My grandmother always wanted me to have her house when she passed awa...


    Inheritance tax - Recreation - Pets - Genetics - Dogs
  • Leave that brush alone! Experts say masonry facades are 'happier unpainted.'
    by Post
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    Masons aren't big fans of painting brick, for aesthetic reasons as well as maintenance and structural integrity issues.


    Masonry - Business - Construction and Maintenance - Materials and Supplies - Masonry and Stone
  • If you need to redirect hot air, ordinary fans will work just fine
    by Gene Austin
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    Q: My house doesn't have an attic, so a whole-house fan isn't practical, but I am looking for a way to use a fan to help cool my upstairs. I know there are fans that fit in windows to exhaust hot air and pull in cool night air, but I can't find anything to fit my sliding windows. Any ideas? -- A....


    Business - Windows XP - Folder redirection - Group Policy - My Documents
  • Details on Ashburn Manor in Virginia's Loudoun County
    by Post
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    BOUNDARIES: Route 677 (Partlow Road) to the north, Ashburn Road to the east, Beaver Creek to the south and Cedar Lane Elementary School to the west.



    Virginia - Loudoun County Virginia - United States - Loudoun - Counties
  • Housewatch: Doctors prescribe a daily dose of nature
    by Katherine Salant
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    When cognitive psychologist Paul Atchley wants to take a break during his workday, he steps outside to roam a few of his 26 acres near Lawrence, Kan., and contemplate the vast expanse of the Great Plains. Although many have derisively characterized his landscape as being "flat as a pancake" and b...


    Health - United States - England - India - Shopping
  • Moving your TV can require some complicated maneuvers so the signal isn't lost
    by Tim Carter
    3 Sep 2010 at 10:00pm
    DEAR TIM: I want to rearrange the furniture in our family room. This requires us to move the television set, which gets its signal from our cable TV provider. My husband says it will be very difficult to extend a new cable line behind the walls. The cable company just wants to staple a new line t...


    Television - Lost - Arts - Home - Programs

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