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The credit score you see is probably not the credit score your lender sees 05/06/2024 08:25am • Consumers planning to take out an auto loan or mortgage or borrow money through a personal loan should check their credit score first. But the FICO credit score consumers see for free probably won't be the FICO credit score lenders see. "FICO has a bank card score that more heavily weighs cred May is National Water Safety Month ��� the ideal time to learn the ABCs of water safety before summer 05/04/2024 05:12pm • August is the month most D.C.-area children start school. But May is the ideal time to teach water safety to young swimmers, according to a coalition that includes the American Red Cross. The lessons can save countless lives during the peak summer months, when many families plan vacations near po New plan could help Prince George���s Co. residents boost their credit scores (and get paid for it) 04/26/2024 03:09pm • Having a low credit score costs you money, with higher interest rates and other fees. Boosting your credit score takes a lot of time, and only recently was it possible to start sending rental payments to credit bureaus to help give you that boost. Now, a new program being offered in Prince George��� What is DC's most expensive street? 04/22/2024 05:23am • Pennsylvania Avenue is no longer the most expensive office address in D.C. It has been replaced by Maine Avenue, located at The Wharf on the Southwest Waterfront. The average asking rent on Maine Avenue is more than $80-per square foot, with the highest rent on the street of $95-per square foot. Potomac Yard was supposed to be a sports fan's paradise. Now a rental car company wants to put up a parking lot 04/10/2024 02:30pm • In the weeks since plans to bring the Wizards and Capitals to a new entertainment district in Alexandria���s Potomac Yard neighborhood fell apart, a rental car company has made an offer to turn the Northern Virginia property into a parking lot. Such proposals, Councilman Canek Aguirre said, are f DC unveils budget plan: Sales tax hike, more education funding and new hotel room fee 04/03/2024 11:03am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser presented her fiscal 2025 budget to council members Wednesday, explaining program cuts and some tax increases are needed to account for a $700 million deficit.�� The $21 billion plan, called ���Fairshot: Strategic Investments and Shared Sacrifice,��� includes an increase Renters are looking in DC, but may not be finding what they want 03/26/2024 08:32am • D.C. remains one of the top markets for apartment rental activity, but a new report indicates potential renters searching in D.C. may not be finding what they like or can afford. National apartment rental search site RentCafe looked at search activity across the 150 largest cities, and ranks Landlord-tenant bills provide drama in 'Crossover Day' Maryland House action 03/19/2024 06:09am • Debates pitting Maryland���s tenants against landlords ignited in the House Monday over two bills that aim to increase protections for renters. One of the bills in question is priority legislation for Gov. Wes Moore (D) as part of his housing package. Moore has testified in both Senate and House Northern Virginia is again the No. 1 data center market, but challenges are mounting 03/18/2024 07:31am • Northern Virginia remains, by far, the largest data center market in the world, according to a new report from real estate firm JLL, but the market is facing growing constraints ��� specifically land and availability of power. In 2023, 1,900 megawatts of multi-tenant data center inventory was Polygamous family with 17 children recovering from Dale City house fire 03/13/2024 10:16pm • A unique family that includes a husband and two wives and 17 children among them lost almost everything in a March 8 fire at their Dale City, Virginia, home. Husband and father Mykal Coles said Tuesday the family is making do with two suites at an extended-stay hotel in Woodbridge ��� and trying to Landlords would have to provide information on tenants' rights under 2 Montgomery Co. proposals 03/12/2024 08:00pm • Two bills designed to clarify what rights tenants have are being considered by the Montgomery County Council. One bill, 8-24, requires landlords to display information about the county's law regarding when and how landlords can conduct criminal background checks and pull credit reports on potenti Latest affordable housing in DC will sit on land owned by churches 03/12/2024 04:40pm • Affordable housing in D.C. is difficult to find, and community groups are looking for unique ways to generate more of it. The latest initiative involves turning underused land, owned by churches, into affordable housing units. "It really helps us to try to meet a critical need for housing that 11% of DC homebuyers are investors. Is that good, or bad? 03/11/2024 01:50pm • Residential real estate investors bought 18% of all homes that sold in the fourth quarter, and, with elevated home prices and sluggish rents, they're increasingly attracted to lower-priced homes, according to Redfin. Last quarter, investors accounted for 26.1% of sales of homes Redfin considers l 3rd suspect arrested in fatal Mother���s Day shooting of DC 10-year-old 03/06/2024 09:16pm • A third D.C. man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Arianna Davis that happened on Mother's Day last year. D.C. police said 25-year-old Charles Owens was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder while armed. Owens was already in custody The real life consequences of higher interest rates 03/05/2024 07:11pm • High interest rates have real life consequences, but it's not just higher consumer borrowing costs that follow rate hikes. Since the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates two years ago in a bid to curb inflation, Bankrate reports that 50% or more of consumers who applied for a loan or credit