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Bidding wars erupt in Washington with limited supply of homes for sale

In the 5 months since Trump took office, prices have grown 7.14% year on year

Published Thu, Jun 22, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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    Washington

    DANIEL Handel left his bachelor pad in Washington DC's Truxton Circle neighbourhood in 2011 to take an overseas post. Returning this May with a wife and two children in tow, he found that the capital had changed as much as his family life had.

    Hipster coffee shops and gentrified homes have popped up around his old neighbourhood. A real estate mogul is living in the White House. And house prices have skyrocketed.

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