Searching DC is tough - how do I search by neighborhood?
Posted on Monday, July 16th, 2007 at 5:14 pm.Searching properties in Washington, D.C. can be hard because there aren't "cities" like in regular states, but instead there are "neighborhoods" (like DuPont or Capitol Hill, etc.). Since the Realtor MLS system isn't set up to search by "neighborhood", we've compiled a list of zip codes that correspond to certain neighborhoods.
One thing you might try is clicking on the "neighborhood" tab and typing the neighborhood name into the field called "neighborhood". This will work most of the time, but it's a case of "garbage in, garbage out", where if the listing agent neglects to put the neighborhood name in this field, it won't show up.
A safer bet is just to search by zip code. You can use these to help you search on our sites like www.TheBestHomeSearchEver.com :
20001 New York Avenue / Convention Center / Shaw / Penn Quarter / Eckington
20002 Capitol Hill NE
20003 Capitol Hill-Eastern Market / Fort Totten / SouthEast NavyYard
20004 Downtown / Business District / Penn Quarter / Chinatown / Mt. Vernon Square
20005 Logan Circle / McPherson Square / Scott Circle
20006 Foggy Bottom
20007 Georgetown / Glover Park
20008 DuPont-West / Van Ness-UDC / Woodley Park / Cleveland Park
20009 Dupont Circle-Connecticut Ave / Adams Morgan / Logan Circle / U Street / Cardozo
20010 Mount Pleasant / Columbia Heights20011 Petworth / Columbia Heights
20012 Shepherd Park / Takoma20015 Cathedral Heights / Friendship Heights / Mazza Gallerie
20016 Tenley / American University20017 Brookland / Catholic University
20018 Northeast / Langdon Park
20024 SouthWest / L'Enfant Plaza / Waterfront
20037 Foggy Bottom
20332 Bolling Air Force Base
20373 Anacostia
20374 Navy Yard
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August 20th, 2007 at 8:55 am
Hope springs eternal Daniel,
There may be a change heading our way. It is my belief that we have large regional MLS’s soon. Perhaps 9 or 10 Nationally. The likely projection date for such a transition will be a coupe years off however, as there would be a lot of work to do to set something like this up. I think the new uniform format will provide a way the neighborhood searches will be more likely.
Currently , California is looking too absorb all the states local MLS and create one state wide. They have a great influence in NAR and once the model is created , it likely will be the new national standard and smaller states will group together in larger regions.