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why is Washington DC Real Estate in its own little world?

it's like the only city where real estate prices have consis...
Gay affirmative action tank
  02/04/12
Think about which one sector has held up in this recession? ...
Arousing obsidian heaven regret
  02/04/12
because fuckups like me keep moving here to work for the fed...
Awkward glittery pit patrolman
  02/04/12
ti,oc,tcr
buff station
  02/04/12
I knew fed gov would come up but that can't explain all of i...
Gay affirmative action tank
  02/04/12
twist: it's not
Arousing obsidian heaven regret
  02/04/12
since federal employees are all incompetent, there is a boom...
Awkward glittery pit patrolman
  02/04/12
so do you suspect DC will continue to have increasing real e...
Gay affirmative action tank
  02/04/12
unless there are severe reductions in the size of the federa...
Awkward glittery pit patrolman
  02/04/12
Government contracting.
Magenta hideous corner halford
  02/04/12
think about what dc is known for
Curious nursing home sneaky criminal
  02/04/12
real estate has held pretty steady in most major cities. eve...
cowardly bistre headpube
  02/04/12
so you think it's a city vs suburb thing? with people incre...
Gay affirmative action tank
  02/04/12
It may be, because if you go to the exurbs of DC (well outsi...
Scarlet house-broken temple
  02/05/12
Has the federal budget grown much relative to GDP (or some m...
big lake locale
  02/04/12
You're talking about the northern va/md suburbs and, at most...
hilarious vengeful hall ladyboy
  02/04/12
Real Estate is down this year in year over year prices and v...
Ocher Orchestra Pit Pervert
  02/04/12
this is false, at least in northwest dc
ivory people who are hurt theater stage
  02/04/12
23yo's move there after college to take a $32K/year govt job...
vigorous lime cuckoldry gaping
  02/05/12
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Awkward glittery pit patrolman
  02/05/12


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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:47 PM
Author: Gay affirmative action tank

it's like the only city where real estate prices have consistently gone up over the last 10 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896650)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:53 PM
Author: Arousing obsidian heaven regret

Think about which one sector has held up in this recession? Despite everything the Feds have money. Feds have money because they print money. Because the Feds have money and rest of the nation doesn't, people move to DC to get some of that money. Hence the rise in real estate values. Also the bad traffic. DC has horrible traffic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896675)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:49 PM
Author: Awkward glittery pit patrolman

because fuckups like me keep moving here to work for the federal government

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896661)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:50 PM
Author: buff station

ti,oc,tcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896662)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:50 PM
Author: Gay affirmative action tank

I knew fed gov would come up but that can't explain all of it. most condos and townhomes in DC are well over 500K. That's out of the price range for most gov. employees...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896664)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:51 PM
Author: Arousing obsidian heaven regret

twist: it's not

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896666)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:51 PM
Author: Awkward glittery pit patrolman

since federal employees are all incompetent, there is a booming market for federal contractors

my agency uses outside counsel for big cases, and our business units hire McKinsey for government consulting, etc. We pay these people millions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896667)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:53 PM
Author: Gay affirmative action tank

so do you suspect DC will continue to have increasing real estate prices?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896674)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:54 PM
Author: Awkward glittery pit patrolman

unless there are severe reductions in the size of the federal budget, yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896676)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:50 PM
Author: Magenta hideous corner halford

Government contracting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896663)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:55 PM
Author: Curious nursing home sneaky criminal

think about what dc is known for

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896679)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 8:58 PM
Author: cowardly bistre headpube

real estate has held pretty steady in most major cities. even most of LA has held steady or gone up it seems, though i hear orange county/inland empire got pwned.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896692)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 9:00 PM
Author: Gay affirmative action tank

so you think it's a city vs suburb thing? with people increasingly wanting to live in the cities?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896697)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:09 PM
Author: Scarlet house-broken temple

It may be, because if you go to the exurbs of DC (well outside the beltway), home prices have been hammered and there are tons of short sales and forclosures.

Also note that its a myth that the devastation in home prices was country-wide. While most markets took some sort of a hit, a bulk of the price drops were in just a few locations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19900860)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 9:10 PM
Author: big lake locale

Has the federal budget grown much relative to GDP (or some more useful metric)?

There might also be social factors at play. The city lost population between 1950 and 2000. It was a total shit hole. My parents friends bought beautiful houses by the parks for a song. Now DC is a place where people actually want to live and the DC real estate market is still adjusting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896749)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 9:27 PM
Author: hilarious vengeful hall ladyboy

You're talking about the northern va/md suburbs and, at most, 1/4 of the district. 3/4 of the district is a third-world country.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19896844)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 10:06 PM
Author: Ocher Orchestra Pit Pervert

Real Estate is down this year in year over year prices and volume of sales

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19897230)



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Date: February 4th, 2012 10:42 PM
Author: ivory people who are hurt theater stage

this is false, at least in northwest dc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19897419)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:12 PM
Author: vigorous lime cuckoldry gaping

23yo's move there after college to take a $32K/year govt job and their parents are happy to pay $2000/month for their precious angel's 1-bedroom apartment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19900878)



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Date: February 5th, 2012 1:12 PM
Author: Awkward glittery pit patrolman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1865351&forum_id=2#19900880)