Real Estate Fresh Finds

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

Now that the stifling 95+ degree weather is back to choking us, it’s probably best to stay inside.

Whether you’re drafting in one of your many fantasy football leagues or managed to score some (semi) affordable tickets to Hamilton this week, stay inside and enjoy your entertainment. But first, take a look at our suggested Fresh Finds in the District below:

• At a whopping $5.4M, your Most Expensive Home of the Week is a 4-level 5 bedroom with a home gym, theater room and wine cellar, but also earns runner up for Worst Photos of the Week for whoever uploaded thumbnail versions of photos when this was written.
• This Petworth row home earning Worst Photos of the Week is a real treat — rather than blurry or dark pics, this is a series of uncleaned rooms clearly not photo-ready, including plywood by stairs, groceries on the counter and extension cords on the wall.
• A 3,200+ square foot 4bed/3bath rambler in Colonial Village that backs directly to Rock Creek Park.
• Your Cheapest Home of the Week might not look like much from the outside, but inside is an “immaculate 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom unit featur[ing] custom wood floors, generous size living room and kitchen.”

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

With football season around the corner, your weekends are about to get busier.

Do yourself a favor and find your new home before the regular season takes hold and you have to miss games just to tour open houses. Take a look at our suggested Fresh Finds below:

• If you’ve got a spare $4Mil and want to become a developer, this multi-lot Most Expensive Home of the Week “development opportunity” could be yours, but the price only includes the plans and permits, not the actual construction costs itself.
• A 4 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom Petworth row home is “top-of-the-line, fully-renovated home with high-end finishes.”
• The Cheapest Home of the Week isn’t as much a home as it is 4k square feet of grass and a massive leaning tree in the Marshall Heights area that “may be subdivided for 2 row houses.”
• With almost all vertical and flash-less photos, this SE 4-bedroom earns the Worst Photos of the Week (and check out that shower curtain).
• Your REO/Bank Owned Property of the Week is a Petworth townhouse in need of a ton of work, but if the house bones are good, this could be a great renovation.

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

DCPS goes back to school on Monday, so if finding a new home was your family’s summer goal, you best get looking before class projects and homework takes over your daily routine. Take a look at our suggested Fresh Finds below:

• The top 3 highest priced listings are all in the same brand-new luxury condo project at The Westlight, with the Most Expensive Home of the Week being this one.
• Worst Photos of the Week goes to this Petworth rowhouse which definitely needed a little more pre-photo shoot prepwork.
• A 1bed/1bath boutique condo unit “in the absolute HEART of Capitol Hill, directly across the street from Eastern Market.”
• 2 bed/2 bath unit across the street from the Washington Convention Center has a ton of community features, including a gym, billiards room, lounge and rooftop pool with amazing views.
• This Petworth REO/Bank Owned Property of the Week has some awful photos too, but that’s expected when a bank is responsible for calling the shots.

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

The numbers are still hovering in the same ~160 new listings to the hit the market across the District in the past week. And finally we’re not dealing with another week of apocalyptic rain.

Take a look at our suggested Fresh Finds and get out there and start hunting!

• When you hear The Watergate Complex, you think luxury, which is clear looking at this 3k square foot 3BR/3.5BA (based on the floor plan & not the incorrect MLS count) with a massive unit-spanning terrace for $3.99M that has some of the most amazing views of DC as your Most Expensive Home of the Week.
• A renovated Deanwood 3BR/2.5BA end-unit townhouse with an incredibly large and lush landscaped backyard and patio.
• Petworth row home with a wide open plan has been renovated with “the perfect blend of timeless style and modern amenities” (and a bright Teal exterior).
• “Rare opportunity to purchase a property with plans approved by historic preservation for an amazing single family home.”
• It needs a lot of TLC, but with the right vision for a renovation, this 4-level, 6-bedroom brick Colonial in Crestwood could double the value of this place as your REO-Bank Owned Property of the Week.

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

Even if you purchase one of these recommended Fresh Finds, you probably won’t share a local coffee shop with America’s BFFs; Barack and Joe.

There are plenty of other important decision makers galavanting around the District to share with though, so take your pick from the options below…

• It’s a nice looking 4-level, 5 bedroom federal style in Georgetown, but you’d think for a $5.95M Most Expensive Home of the Week it would have something a little special or unique aside from being in a ritzy neighborhood.
• 6 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms and 6,800 square feet of an entirely renovated and expanded home that looks straight out of Architectural Digest.
• A single level 3-bedroom with a wide-open floor plan is the perfect downsized home for anyone in need of a stair-less residence.
• Petworth rowhome with front patio and rear deck has zero green space, but the advantage means no mowing or trimming is ever needed.
• Two different people in the listing photos as well as the timestamp on every image makes this 2 bedroom condo a dual winner for REO/Bank Owned Property of the Week and Worst Photos of the Week.

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

Face it: the sun is essentially on vacation this week. Rather than hoping for a few dry minutes, check out some new listings to hit the market in the District and picture yourself sitting on one of the patios in dryer (and less humid) weather. Take a look at our suggested Fresh Finds below:

• Well, we’ve got a rare one for you: this $5.7M home in Georgetown is not only your Most Expensive Home of the Week, but at this price point and the blurry, dark or overexposed images in the MLS, this listing is also the your Worst Photos of the Week.
• A 3-level 3 bedroom/3.5 bathroom rowhome in Petworth with a huge, grassy backyard and an even nicer elevated rear deck with a great view.
• “Beautifully renovated semi-detached home in Riggs Park.“
• It’s amazing how this 2-bedroom Cheapest Home of the Week in SE has more consistency in their photos than the most expensive one.
• A row home that is so brand-new that the floor-plans are still on a sign in the front yard.

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

Not to jump the gun, but we’re now in the middle of summer as we’re halfway through July, which means back-to-school shopping and Redskins preseason games are just around the corner. If you’ve been avoiding your new home search it’s officially time to get looking, so check out some of our suggested fresh finds below:

• When a $16M Most Expensive Home of the Week shows up, it’s hard to tell whether the rich have horrible taste or the plebeians just don’t understand gaudy wallpaper.
• A nice townhouse renovation in Petworth has over 2,600 square feet and a great rear deck, even though you’d think they would edit out the port-a-potty across the street.
• 4 bedroom in Deanwood is a “truly massive space with multiple entertaining areas.”
• Your REO/Bank Owned Property of the Week is a 2-family home of 8 bedrooms that describes the listing as “house next door was converted to 3 luxury condos–sold for nearly $1.8M.”
• This 2 bedroom condo is back on the market with an improved price.

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

As World Cup winds down, we start directing more attention towards scoring goals in the housing market.

The new inventory injection isn’t what it was a couple of weeks ago but we have 150+ new possibilities listed in the last week. Take a look at our suggested Fresh Finds below:

• You know when you see a home theater, a wine fridge room, a gym, a saltwater pool and a sauna that we’re talking the Most Expensive Home of the Week listed for $9.5M.
• A brand-new 3 bed/3 bath 2-level condo at Petworth Crossing.
• Industrial style 1-bedroom in Adams Morgan has a Walkscore of 98.
• Your REO/Bank Owned Property of the Week is a 2 bed/2 bath on the edge of Chevy Chase and gets the dual honor of also earning the Worst Photos of the Week.
• This gigantic 3-level 4,000 square foot penthouse in Tenley Hill hits the market TOMORROW and has 4 balconies, 3 fireplaces and 1 terrace with over 500 square feet of rooftop relaxing.

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

Even though it’s a holiday week, it hasn’t slowed the market at all. With 200+ new listings, a few fireworks and a whole lot of day drinking isn’t going to slow the red-hot market OR the temperature. Cool off for a few and take a look at our suggested Fresh Finds below:

• “3 BR + 3BA penthouse residence available in Eastbanc’s newest luxury project” listed at $3.96M is your Most Expensive Home of the Week.
• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom at The K at City Vista — an ideal listing at a building that’s perfect for 4th of July fireworks-viewing on the community rooftop.
• “Experience industrial charm in this spacious 2 bed/2 bath unit located at The Radius with parking!”
• A gigantic Colonial Village 4-bedroom so deep into upper NW that Rock Creek Park is essentially your backyard.
• It’s not in the newly-renovated condition we’re used to seeing, but for a 4-bedroom at this price in Petworth, a savvy contractor could make this place shine.
• “This masterful renovation blends old historic charm with high-end designer touches” and we especially love the exposed brick strip in the master bedroom.

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

Whether you’re looking for an 8-bedroom or a 0-bedroom, a condo or a mansion, there’s just about everything on the market this week with over 230 new listings in DC. Take a look at our suggested Fresh Finds below for some of our favorites:

• If the $7.99Mil price tag wasn’t enough of a clue, the couch and fireplace in the master bathroom should be enough to gather that this 8-bedroom in Georgetown is your Most Expensive Home of the Week.
• Don’t be thrown by this one, the agent on this Petworth row home uploaded the same photos multiple times, making the gallery very confusing.
• 16th Street Heights 4-bedroom has the classic row-home style, both inside and out.
• One bedroom with an open floor plan at 1010 Mass. Ave in great condition is your REO/Bank Owned Property of the Week.
• A “beautifully renovated light-filled home” in Randle Heights for under $400k had offers due yesterday, but it’s worth checking with the listing agent to see if you can get your offer in too.