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Real Estate Fresh Finds: Mar. 7

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Real Estate Fresh Finds is a weekly selection of newly-listed properties in the District, brought to you by Real Living At Home. 

We’ve heard some agents say there’s a lack of inventory right now on the market, but just within the past seven days, there’s been 240+ homes to hit the market just in DC alone. So check out some of our suggested Fresh Finds below:

  • You know when it lists a “full floor ballroom” or “2 bedroom staff apartment” as features, this one is clearly going to be your Most Expensive Home of the Week at $8.15mil.
  • Not only does this epic Victorian row home have 6 bedrooms, spanning across 4 levels and 2,700+ square feet, but it also has an in-home art show occurring this Saturday, March 10th, from 3-7PM.
  • The listing is sold in ‘As Is’ condition for this “Great Opportunity to Continue and Complete Renovation on Traditional Petworth Row,” even though the 2 photos show very little renovation occurred in the first place.
  • A Mount Pleasant 2 bedroom condo that’s been updated and refreshed throughout the entire home.
  • It’s a small 1 bedroom condo, but it also appears in great condition and has everything you could possibly need (except decently sized storage space) for the REO/Bank Owned Property of the Week.

The Bower — The Only Condos for Sale at The Yards

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Discover the world of possibilities waiting at The Yards — the perfect combination of Washington, DC and riverfront.

Artisan dining and easy living. Nights at the ballpark, days running riverside and the most breathtaking views around. A life you can truly make your own. It’s all in reach at The Bower by PN Hoffman — the only condos for sale at The Yards. Studio to three bedroom condos are now available starting at $360,000.

At The Bower, thoughtful design and quality meet inviting community spaces, creating the perfect transition from the energy of The Yards to the peace of home. From the residents’ lounge and lobby to natural light bathing the fine modern finishes of your home, every detail speaks to the truly unique experience of these condominium residences for sale in Washington, DC.

The Bower Sales Center is located at 1331 4th Street, SE. For more information visit thebowerdc.com or contact PN Hoffman at (202) 883-5306.

Play DC Spring Social Sports with DC Fray

The weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer. If you want to live your best life this spring, don’t miss your chance to sign up for social sports in the District with DC Fray.

DC Fray is on a mission to make fun possible and registration for spring social sports leagues in is open now through March 27th. Dupont Circle, Capitol Hill, Adams Morgan, the National Mall — there are leagues all around the District including some near you.

Choose from a range of sports including kickball, dodgeball, basketball, skeeball, cornhole, yoga and more. Each league also partners with cool local DC bars for after-game happy hours!

You can sign up as an individual, small group or full team, so register with your friends, or come make new ones.

Need convincing to join a DC Fray league? Here are 5 (of the many) reasons: social sports are a must for anyone who lives in DC.

  1. It’s camaraderie over competition. Winning is fun, but DC Fray is all about making new friends and building relationships.
  2. Get more than just a sports league. Yeah, there are 18 leagues that bring you on-the-field action every week, but you’ll also get post-game happy hours, player parties and other perks for playing.
  3. You can stay active without hitting the gym. You can pay a lot of money each month to workout alone, or you can pay a lot less money to stay in shape by playing your favorite activity with friends.
  4. You’ll spend less time living for the weekend. Why wait until Friday to have fun? Weeknight leagues help break up your same old routine by giving you a fun night with friends to look forward during the work week.
  5. Teammates can turn into friends or lovers. Just ask the hundreds of people who still hang out with people from a dodgeball squad they played on 10 years ago or met their partner playing kickball on the National Mall.

DC Fray spring registration is open through March 27th. Visit dcfray.com/leagues to find a league in your DC neighborhood. Join us and let’s play!

DC Open House List for This Weekend

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There’s a large amount of condo open houses this weekend, so if you’re on the hunt for that elusive not-too-expensive and not-too-small condo, this week is prime house hunting. Check out our recommendations below. To see the entire DC Open House List click here.

  • 1440 N St. NW #706 — $359,900 — Logan Circle
    Open Sun. 1-4 PM — Thomas Doyle
    With a 98 Walk Score, this condo couldn’t get any more convenient.
  • 14 S Street NE #301 — $450,000 — Eckington
    Open Sun. 1-4 PM — Dina Paxenos
    You don’t see many 3 bedroom condos, so this will go fast.
  • 1414 Montello Ave. NE — $649,900 — Trinidad
    Open Sat. & Sun. 2-4 PM — Dianne Haskett
    A self-proclaimed “Trinidad Treasure” with 4 bedrooms across 2,133 square feet.
  • 3900 Tunlaw Road NW #606 — $239,900 — Glover Park
    Open Sun. 2-4 PM — Robert Sabanosh
    Most affordable co-op in Glover Park — with a renovated kitchen and it’s on the top floor!
  • 520 N Street SW #S321 — $660,000 — Southwest Waterfront
    Open Sun. 1-4 PM — Katherine Krevor & Pfashema Faber
    “Rarely available 3-bedroom/2-bathroom end-unit at waterfront community Harbour Square.”
  • 336 15th Street NE #1 — $849,000 — Kingman Park
    Open Sun. 2-4 PM — Joel Nelson
    That master bathroom is larger than some studios around here.

Love Live DC: Buying in DC — Step 5: The Home Search

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This column is written and sponsored by D.C. real estate agent and Edgewood resident Jessica Evans. Email her questions at  [email protected].

This week we are moving on to one of my personal favorite parts of the homebuying process, the actual home search!

Now that you’ve lined up your team of professionals (including your agent and lender) and decided what you are looking for and where, it’s finally time to hit the ground running and check out some properties.

For some buyers this part of the process is fun and enjoyable, for others, it can be understandably stressful. While no two buyers home searches are the same, there are some recommendations that I can offer to help make sure that your time spent looking at houses is productive and beneficial:

Shop before you buy

  • For buyers with a flexible or extended timeframe, I recommend casually starting your home search a little early, 4-6 months from when you want to move.
  • If you are someone who thinks you will fall in love with a house right away and then be devastated that you can’t buy it, this strategy is not for you.
  • This allows time for a less focused, more casual exploration phase – think “window shopping” but not looking to purchase, where you can look at houses that may not be 100% what you are looking for, but can be valuable for helping define what you want as well as what you don’t want

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Last Day for DC Bike Ride Early Bird Registration

DC Bike Ride is the region’s only car-free, closed-road bike event and celebration of life on two wheels. We invite you to join the ride on Saturday, May 19, 2018 for a fun, recreational, family-friendly bicycle adventure.

Early Bird Registration ends tonight, Wednesday, February 28 at Midnight! Register now at www.dcbikeride.com/pop.

DC Bike Ride celebrates bicycling as a form of healthy living, fitness, transportation and fun. The event raises support for the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s work on Vision Zero, a campaign to make streets safer for *all* roadway users. DCBR has given more than $72,000 in two-years to WABA for street safety neighborhood programs.

You can save $10 per standard registration if you register today before the price increases on March 1. Kids ages 3 to 7 are always FREE and youth ages 8 to 17 are always half-price. Watch our 2018 video to learn more about the event at www.dcbikeride.com/video.

Participants will receive access to the closed-road course that starts in West Potomac Park overlooking the Potomac River and the Washington Monument. The 20-mile ride will feature on-course entertainment, music and rest stops, as well as a short-cut to the finish that offers a 7-mile course (in case you get tired). The ride ends with a Finish Festival party with beats, eats and activities for all-ages at the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol. Participants also get a DCBR 2018 water bottle.

No bike? No problem! We partner with Bike and Roll DC to bring you easy bike rentals. Find us on social: @dcbikeride on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Make DC Bike Ride your favorite springtime activity!

Real Estate Fresh Finds: Feb. 28

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Real Estate Fresh Finds is a weekly selection of newly-listed properties in the District, brought to you by Real Living At Home. 

February is already over, meaning less than a month until the official start of the spring season. If you haven’t already started looking at homes, you better check out some of these Fresh Finds before someone else does:

  • It appears this manor near Embassy Row is having some trouble selling since it’s been listed 3 times over the past year, which is now down to the low, low price of $5.995mil for your Most Expensive Home of the Week.
  • Two units in the same Columbia Heights rowhouse each with 2 levels, 2 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms — with unit #PH-B featuring a slightly larger floor plan than unit #A.
  • I guess this is Petworth rowhouse is technically a 4-bedroom, but that ‘office’ likely won’t sleep anything other than a newborn.
  • This Mount Pleasant condo is so fresh that it’s only been on the market for a couple of hours at the time of posting.
  • Out of 3 new foreclosures, this is the only one that has photos, making this Benning Ridge end-unit the Foreclosure of the Week.

What You Need to Know About Primary Care in DC

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The current state of primary care in the District isn’t pretty.

On average, it takes 17 days to get an appointment with a family physician. Between 2010 and 2014, the number of primary care providers in DC dropped nearly 15 percent. And with continued instability and increasing healthcare costs, primary care’s focus on preventive care and identifying problems before they’re big is more important now than ever. 

But with good primary care so hard to find, how do you know what to look for?

“We all need a health sherpa to guide us through the medical (and non-medical) bumps in life,” said Casey O’Bryan, FNP, a primary care provider at One Medical’s Dupont Circle office. “Establishing a relationship with a primary care provider should be an extra force field of goodness and reliability in a turbulent, internet-rabbit-hole world.”

“Primary care is more than just an annual physical. It’s your medical home,” said Julia Lim, MD, from One Medical Tysons.

Essentially, quality primary care becomes the hub for everything related to your health, with your primary care provider, or PCP, guiding you through it all. That means your PCP becomes an expert in you and your health goals, listening, translating test results and working with other medical professionals to make sure you’re getting better — your partner in health.  

“When you have a trusting relationship with your PCP, you’re more likely to be honest about your health concerns and lifestyle,” added Amy Stulman, NP, from One Medical Union Station. “And providers who know their patients well are better equipped to offer individualized care and health recommendations.”

“It can be challenging in DC to find those qualities in a health practice that is also accessible and timely,” Lim said, “and One Medical can do just that. With same- and next-day appointments, you can get care when you actually need it from a provider who knows you.” 

Book your appointment at one of our six DC area offices today.

Legal Insider: U.S. Women’s Hockey Team Wins Gold on Ice After Equal Pay Demand and Win

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This is a sponsored column by attorneys John Berry and Kimberly Berry of Berry & Berry, PLLC, a local employment and labor law firm that specializes in federal employee, security clearance, retirement and private sector employee matters.

By John V. Berry, Esq.,

The U.S. Women’s Hockey Team not only just won Olympic Gold, but significantly advanced the equal pay argument for all women.

Their victory and Gold Medal ended a difficult year on and off the ice for the team. They worked together despite almost losing their positions on the team in a hard fight for equal pay before the most recent Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

In March 2017, about twelve months before the Olympics, the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team threatened to sit out of the Ice Hockey Federation World Championship unless USA Hockey agreed to treat them the same as the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team. The female hockey players sought equal treatment in comparison to the men’s team. Specifically, the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team sought the same salary, equipment, staff, travel, per diems and media publicity as the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team.

It is hard to believe that the dispute lasted nearly a year, but the U.S. Women’s Team won. They were awarded up to $70,000 a year in salary (up from $6,000). USA Hockey also agreed that the women’s hockey team would receive the same travel stipends and accommodations as the men’s hockey team, along with better marketing and media efforts.

In our practice involving equal pay, we are seeing more women employees challenging and demanding equal pay for equal work.

In April of 2016, we wrote about a similar challenge that was advanced by the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, despite the fact that they had already won the World Cup in 2015.

The combined efforts of the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and U.S. Women’s Soccer Team illustrate the fact that collective action and success by women can be key to eliminating egregious pay disparities for the same work. Their efforts also have a direct and positive impact on all other types of employment and equal pay disputes.

We represent employees in Equal Pay matters. If you need assistance, please contact our office at (703) 668-0070 or at www.berrylegal.com to schedule a consultation. Please also visit and like us on Facebook.

DC Open House List for This Weekend

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In a surprising downtick for the week, there’s only around 85 new open houses scheduled across the DMV this weekend. Rather than scanning a bunch of different websites, check out some recommendations below. To see the entire DC Open House List click here.

  • 4526 Westhall Drive NW — $1,999,000 — Palisades
    Open Sun. 1-4 PM — Mary Saltzman
    “3 bedrooms, 4.5 baths on 4 luxurious levels.”
  • 13 R Street NE #1 — $599,000 — Eckington
    Open Sat. & Sun. 2-4 PM — Greg Masucci
    Including a MBA walk-in shower large enough for a party.
  • 522 Hobart Place NW — $749,000 — Park View
    Open Sat. 1-3 PM — Jeff Tanck
    “Stunning new townhouse style condo.”
  • 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue SE #208 — $599,900 — Barney Circle
    Open Sun. 2-5 PM — Steven Swank
    If you love massive, floor-to-ceiling windows, this is the one.
  • 111 Orren Street NE #405 — $399,999 — Trinidad
    Open Sun. 1-4 PM — Tracy Renken
    That building exterior looks like something straight out of Blade Runner.
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