BETHESDA, MD-The real estate developer has turned this into a 75-room luxury property. Bernstein owns seven other hotel properties in the metropolitan area.

WASHINGTON, DC-This federal agency manages about 40 percent of the buildings the government owns, or spaces the government leases around the country. Buildings and construction projects are up and running back around the District, but the agency is mum on security measures.

WASHINGTON, DC-The decline is seasonally adjusted. On an unadjusted basis, the application index increased 10% and was up 60.3% compared with the same week a year earlier.

WASHINGTON, DC-Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the National Association of Home Builders, the National Association of Realtors, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, the National Multi Housing Council, the Independent Community Bankers of America, and the Homeownership Alliance are the groups that have combined; saying the $25 million is a minimum.

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA-Phillips bought the 208,935-sf shopping center from Principal Life Insurance Co. in a deal brokered by Insignia/ESG. Tenants include a Food Lion supermarket, US Post Office and Rite Aid drugstore.

WASHINGTON, DC-The rise is seasonally adjusted. On an unadjusted basis, the measure declined 22.7%, but was up 76.7% compared with the same week a year ago.

WASHINGTON, DC-The rise is seasonally adjusted. On an unadjusted basis, the measure declined 22.7%, but was up 76.7% compared with the same week a year ago.

WASHINGTON, DC-The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended certain rules about stock buybacks, and at least one real estate company in this region -- Mills Corp. -- have said they now plan to buy back some of their stock. Another company--Corporate Office Properties Trust--sold shares on last Friday.