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‘Boutique Luxury’ Apartments Set to Open in Lyon Park 10/22/2014 03:45pm • An apartment building that bills its units as “boutique luxury” apartments says it’s a month away from leasing, The Hyde, at 3119 9th Road N., is an 18-unit “exquisite rental residence,” according to developer Clark Realty Capital, that is still under construction 5 Reasons More Millennials Are Renting 10/22/2014 12:00am • In a Rent.com survey released this month, 41 percent of property owners and managers noted seeing an increase in millennial renters over the past year. This observation from landlords seems to support what many market analysts have been reporting: Millennials are foregoing homeownership for renting Rental Report: How Does Fair Housing Affect Me? 10/21/2014 09:30am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. At some p Apartments pushed up US homebuilding in September 10/18/2014 04:22pm • JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Construction firms broke ground on more apartment complexes in September, pushing up the pace of U.S. homebuilding.Housing starts rose 6.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.017 million homes, the Commerce Department said Friday. Almost New US Ebola case a nurse who treated man in Texas 10/16/2014 03:26pm • Editor's Note: WTOP is hosting a town hall on Ebola at the Newseum in D.C. on Oct. 20. Leading physicians will be taking questions from the community. Register for tickets. MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- A dated yearbook picture of a smiling young woman has become the latest fac Rental Report: What is Fair Housing and How Does It Affect Me? 10/16/2014 02:15pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. At some point NY AG: Most NYC Airbnb listings violate the law 10/16/2014 12:20pm • KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly three-quarters of the New York City listings offered by the short-term rental service Airbnb violate city or state laws, New York state's attorney general charged Thursday.A report released Thursday by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman also ch New US Ebola case a nurse who treated man in Texas 10/16/2014 01:20am • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- A dated yearbook picture of a smiling young woman has become the latest face of Ebola in the U.S.The high school picture of Amber Vinson spread across the country after the 29-year-old nurse was confirmed with the virus Wednesday. But little was publicly Dream beach house built on wrong lot 10/15/2014 01:30pm • HAMMOCK DUNES, Fla. (AP) -- A dream beach house in Florida has turned into a nightmare for a Missouri couple.Six months after the custom house was built along the Atlantic Ocean near Palm Coast, Mark and Brenda Voss learned it's on the wrong lot in the gated Ocean Hammock community.Mark Voss tells t Ask Adam: Condos Limiting Rental Units 10/14/2014 12:30pm • This regularly-scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Adam Gallegos of Arlington-based real estate firm Arbour Realty, voted one of Arlington Magazine’s Best Realtors of 2013 & 2014. Please submit your questions via email. Q. My condo is considering a limit on the nu Wall Street slide ... New head of J.C. Penney ... US-British bank exercise 10/13/2014 06:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- It was a harrowing day on Wall Street today as the stock market simply could not shake off the jitters from last week. The market closed sharply lower again, as airlines, energy and materials stocks were among the biggest losers. The market was coming off its biggest weekly decline Missing California woman discovered in Maine shack 10/13/2014 10:46am • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An elderly Los Angeles woman believed to have died was found years later in a rundown shack in Maine, where an unrelated family took her after gaining her confidence and selling her house, authorities said.Sarah Cheiker disappeared in 2008 at age 89 and was found in 2012 -- alive 5 reasons your credit score is more important than your GPA 10/13/2014 12:00am • If you're a college student, you're probably working hard to keep your grade-point average looking sharp. After all, your GPA could be your ticket to graduate school, a competitive internship or maybe even your dream job. But if you're hitting the books so hard that you're ignoring another impo Missing California woman found in Maine shack 10/12/2014 07:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An elderly Los Angeles woman whose neighbors believed had died was instead found in a rundown shack in Maine, where according to authorities an unrelated family took her after gaining her confidence and selling her house.The Los Angeles Times reported (http://lat.ms/1wkHNvl ) Sun Morning Notes 10/10/2014 09:05am • Average Apartment Rents, By Metro Stop – The average one-bedroom apartment near the Bethesda Metro stop will run you $2,193 a month, according to an apartment rental app. That’s expensive compared to apartments near other suburban Metro stations, but cheaper than a number of D.C.&#