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By Carolyn Weber | share this Rick and Pavy Bacon are converting the detached garage behind their Silver Spring home into a secondary dwelling where Pavy’s parents will live. Photo by Michael Ventura The detached four-car garage wasn’t what attracted Rick and Pavy Bacon to the Silver Spring home they purchased 10 years ago. In fact, they didn’t even own a car at the time. “We had a scooter,” Pavy says. What sold them was the charming bungalow style architecture of the home, a neighborhood that was near public transportation and not far from the District, and good schools for the ...

High-end residential properties in the Washington region sold at record prices last year, headlined by the most expensive house ever sold in the area.

One Part of D.C. Unlikely to See a Shake-Up? Its Real Estate Market Usually the first boom is in the rental market, high-end brokers say By Michele Lerner  |  Save A condo in this Connecticut Avenue, Washington D.C., apartment building, was recently sold for $2.75 million. HomeVisit A condo in this Connecticut Avenue, Washington D.C., apartment building, was recently sold for $2.75 million. HomeVisit When the White House welcomes its new residents later this week, a few other upscale homes in Washington, D.C., are also likely to change hands. But D....

This Georgian-Style Maryland Home Has Lots of Amenities, Including an Elevator The house was built for a former NBA star in 2002 By Michael Kaminer  |  Save 1 of 11 1 of 11 Price: $5.995 million Built in 2002 for former NBA All-Star Buck Williams and his wife, Mimi, this six-bedroom, nine-bathroom house in Potomac, Maryland, takes its inspiration from Mount Pleasant, a landmarked circa-1761 Georgian mansion near Philadelphia. After many visits to Pennsylvania, the couple commissioned architect David Jones of Washington, D.C.’s Jones Versace to conceive a m...