From the Washingtonian magazine on area home sales:

Sold by: Martin Baron, former executive editor of the Washington Post.

Listed: $1,595,000.

Sold: $1,525,000.

Days on market: 83.

Where: Logan Circle in DC

Style: Victorian rowhouse.

Bragging points:A three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo in a converted rowhouse, with more than 2,000 square feet on two levels.
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Sold by: Michelle Cottle, an editorial writer at the New York Times, and Christopher Orr, a contributing writer at the Atlantic.

Listed: $2,995,000.

Sold: $3,100,000.

Days on market: 6.

Where: Chevy Chase, Maryland

Style: Contemporary.