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WTOP listeners help make Christmas brighter for homeless D.C. family 12/24/2011 05:21pm • WASHINGTON - Amanda and her husband were forced to move out of their rental home last year after he lost his job in construction. The family of six ended up at a homeless shelter in D.C., where they have been living since January. Christmas this year wasn't looking great for her four children whe Deliveries continue despite stolen van, care packages for troops 12/21/2011 08:13pm • UPDATE: On its Facebook page, Treats 4 Our Troops says it has secured a rental car and will resume local deliveries before Christmas. They have no updates on the stolen van. Wednesday - 12/21/2011, 8:14am ET ARLINGTON, Va. - A van full of care packages meant for deployed troops and wounded w If D.C. region wants jobs, it needs housing 12/20/2011 06:12pm • Adam Tuss, wtop.com WASHINGTON -- If housing is where the jobs live at night, then the D.C. region better start building more housing -- and housing that is priced right. That's the point John McClain, deputy director of the George Mason University's Center for Regional Analysis, is stressing to t Melody Makers: Karaoke organized for people with disabilities 12/20/2011 12:18pm • A karaoke craze is spreading in Frederick County thanks to Camille Kime, a local advocate for people with mental and physical disabilities.Once a month, Kime, along with the Frederick Challenger Civitan Club, sponsors a karaoke night for people with disabilities in the county. She doesn't get much h Optimistic Artisphere Supporters Ask for More Time 12/16/2011 01:30pm • It’s no secret the one-year-old Artisphere in Rosslyn has vocal critics, who harp on the fact that the cultural venue has been bleeding taxpayer dollars while attracting a lower-than-expected audience. But supporters say the Artisphere still has promise, and needs more time to prove itself w Morning Poll: Increase Density to Improve Affordability? 12/09/2011 09:31am • (Updated at 9:35 a.m.) During a panel discussion on Wednesday, some local employers expressed concern that Arlington County’s economy might be negatively impacted by the continued rise in rents and housing prices. “Panelists described a scenario that could leave Arlington with housing Artisphere Critics React to New Business Plan 12/02/2011 03:25pm • Three outspoken critics of the Artisphere are giving a lukewarm reception to a new business plan created to help boost the money-losing, county-run cultural center’s finances. Arlington County Board members on Tuesday expressed cautious optimism about the plan, which would cut Artisphere&rsq 15-story apt. building coming to Alexandria 11/30/2011 04:51pm • Washington Real Estate Investment Trust is teaming up with the Trammell Crow Co. to develop a $95 million apartment complex in Old Town Alexandra as the Rockville-based investment trust looks to beef up its apartment portfolio in Greater Washington. The 15-story, 270-unit high-rise at First and Faye 14th Street condos flip to rentals 11/30/2011 10:46am • The JBG Cos. and Grosvenor Americas are changing course with their condominium project at 14th and S streets NW, switching the development to apartment rentals. The two companies broke ground on the 125-unit project, at 1401 S St., earlier this year. The building is expected to be completed by fall DEVELOPING — Major Changes Proposed for Artisphere 11/29/2011 06:00am • A plan to boost the finances of Artisphere, the struggling county-run arts center in Rosslyn, includes dramatic changes to the original vision for the venue. A revised business plan, which will be presented to the County Board this afternoon, will suggest slashing Artisphere’s hours, shutter Fairfax Co. to vote on school cameras by year's end 11/13/2011 10:31am • Max Smith, wtop.com FAIRFAX, Va. - When a fight breaks out in school, whose story should the principal believe? Soon, that may not be an issue in Fairfax County high schools. The school board will meet Monday afternoon to consider allowing high school principals to put cameras in cafeterias and o Luxurious homes fall victim to the market 07/19/2010 03:23pm • Darci Marchese, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Even luxurious beach homes can fall victim to the market. Emory Miller, an Alexandria executive, owns a six-bedroom beach home in the Outer Banks in Duck. He says he watched a beautiful semi-oceanfront home in his North Carolina neighborhood fall from grace Ocean City sees surge of foreclosures, short sales 06/28/2010 02:51pm • Colleen Kelleher, wtop.com OCEAN CITY, Md. - Drive up and down busy Coastal Highway in Ocean City and you'll see real estate company after real estate company advertise foreclosed properties and short-sales. The signs are not typically what you see in O.C. as real estate firms try to catch your ey VIDEO: Vacation homes turned into rentals don't make money 06/21/2010 02:34pm • Colleen Kelleher, wtop.com OCEAN CITY, Md. - Buyers who plan to turn their vacation homes into rental properties should not expect to make money in Ocean City -- at least not in the short term, real estate brokers say. The rents from properties in Ocean City are not enough to cover mortgages, cond O.C. rental market evolves with Internet 06/21/2010 02:12pm • Colleen Kelleher, wtop.com OCEAN CITY, Md. - Advanced bookings for condominiums in Ocean City are "way ahead" at one resort real estate firm, and that could be an indicator that people are feeling better about their financial situations. "Early bookings are way ahead of where they were last year,"