A new feature in which we look at some of the properties that sold in the District in the past week:

4303 Reno Road, Northwest Washington D.C. (North Cleveland Park)

List Date: Dec. 8 2008
Original Listing Price:$749,500
Close Date: Feb. 13, 2009
Final Price:$715,000

A little context. Here are the average start prices and days-on-market for listings that sold in roughly the same week in previous years:

Year/Total Properties Sold

2007 (133)*

2008 (84)**

2009 (29)***

Average Listing Price

$477,835

$540,891

$423,296

Average Days On Market

86

87

101

Second full weeks in February:

* 2/12/2007-2/18/2007

**2/11/2008-2/17/2008

***2/9/2009-2/15/2009