The most expensive homes sold in the D.C. area last year. [Post]

Guaranteed housing initiative appears unlikely to make the ballot. [LL]

Foreign investment played a big role in last year’s real estate deals. [WBJ]

With hotline unresponsive, store manager shelters homeless woman. [City Desk]

Architecture firm could move into old Grimke School. [UrbanTurf]

Portland debates the future of its version of our Third Church of Christ, Scientist. [Atlantic Cities]

New National Park Service regulations force National Book Festival off the Mall. [Arts Desk]

Today on the market: Compact Columbia Heights condo—-$299,500