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Perhaps the first-time homebuyers credit—which was set to expire by Nov. 30, but now is being extended—has been good to D.C.’s condo market. It looks like for-sale condos are being snapped up around the city.

Last week, we heard that Union Row, the mammoth 14th Street complex with some 270 units, was nearly sold out. This week, McWilliams|Ballard announced that Ten Ten Mass, located near Mount Vernon Square, had finally unloaded the last of its 163 condos.

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Things appear to be looking up these days in the D.C. condo market, Fox 5 News reports.

This piece will appear in this week’s print edition of the Washington City Paper.

In mid-June, Angela Peltzer moved into her brand-new condo at 14th Street and Florida Avenue NW with views of the Capitol, the Washington Monument, and possibly the Anacostia River.

“I think I can see the new stadium,” she says.

The purchase is a coup for someone who never thought she could afford a condo, wasn’t looking for one, and ended up paying below market price.

“I thought I was so far away from it,” she says. “My career had been in nonprofits and traveling around, and I never had any money.”

But last year, after attending a women’s seminar—“something along the terms of financial management, creating wealth”—she heard a lucky tip from a fellow attendee: A new building called the Solea was holding a lottery for designated affordable condos.

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The outside of Eatonville—Also the outside of Union Row.

Back in March, Washington City Paper (okay, me, in this instance) named Union Row as D.C.’s second best new condo building. This colossal condominium complex has two parts: The “Flats,” which make up the high-rise on 14th Street, and the “Warehouses,” which sit off from the street.  Among other things, I liked that the spaces didn’t feel cookie-cutterish, cheap or cheesy—but rather modern and minimalist. Plus Union Row’s location, a block north of 14th and U Street, is enviable. (The building, FYI, is 85 percent sold, according to a recent press release I received.)

Soon, Union Row will have another amenity to boast: Eatonville, a new restaurant by Andy Shallal, owner of Busboys and Poets, which is right across the street. Shallal held a chef competition to build some buzz about his new venture, as City Paper’s Tim Carman reported. The pictures in the window feature all of the contestants. Read More “Eatonville Coming Soon to Washington D.C.’s Second Best Condo Building” »