Coming to a D.C. street near you: Washington's streetcars are on their way from the Czech Republic.
Everyone's jumping on the bandwagon now. D.C.'s getting streetcar lines, as are Arlington and Fairfax, and now a group of Alexandria residents is hoping the idea will catch on there too.
Last night, an Alexandrian group promoting smart growth launched a [...]

One key indicator of the real estate market's health and competitiveness is inventory, aka the number of houses on the market.
Where it's dropping, a real estate turnaround seems more likely. Where it's staying stable or growing, people won't be hailing the end of the recession.
On that note, I recently received this e-mail from an agent [...]

Here's another chart from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). It seems like a pretty good quality of life indicator, probably better than Forbes' recent "Most Livable Cities" list.