We just bought in AU Park and plan on it being our forever home. It is a large house that has been updated already.

We'll either live in our current house (in Chevy Chase) forever or keep it as a rental. We could rent it out for more than our mortgage plus taxes, so I don't see a reason to ever sell. I regret not keeping our first house as a rental, but at the time, we couldn't swing it financially.

We rent our rowhouse on the Hill -- paying it off next year. Income for life.

Yes! We have kept our rowhouse in Georgetown and it has proven to be great investment. I am never selling it. It was also our first house so it has sentimental value as well.

I think we will probably keep our current house as well. It fits the family and has great location and walkability. Prices are skyrocketing all around us.

Arlington - We plan on staying in this one for the long haul. Our first home was a condo and we sold it after 2 years, but that was reasonable in that market. We stayed at the next for 5 years. Our plan was 5-7. Now, we are wear we want to be for good.

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LeDroit Park. I'll hold onto it forever. Leave it to the kids. It suits us now and there's room to grow (hello, basement!) once the kids are older.

Good neighbors, who we've known a long while. Access to Metro. Suited to our lifestyle. And budget.

The only move I'm likely to make is if there's an amazing overseas opportunity. Then, we'll rent it out and return.

I love LeDroit Park. I think it's the prettiest DC neighborhood. We looked there when we were house-hunting but couldn't afford it. So we bought on Capitol Hill near H Street. Now we wouldn't be able to afford that, either!

I hope we stay in our house for a long, long time. I love the location, the space, our neighbors.

LeDroit Park. I'll hold onto it forever. Leave it to the kids. It suits us now and there's room to grow (hello, basement!) once the kids are older.

Good neighbors, who we've known a long while. Access to Metro. Suited to our lifestyle. And budget.

The only move I'm likely to make is if there's an amazing overseas opportunity. Then, we'll rent it out and return.

We just bought in AU park 2 years ago and also plan to keep the house. We have plenty of room to expand and I don't see any reason to move. I don't think, in general, there is too much turn over in the neighborhood. Our house only had one owner before us - the original woman who bought it in 49 when it was built.

Yes, renting our old TH now, and if we move from this house, it will become a rental too.

We planned to live in our last house for 30 years. Now we plan to live in our current house for 25 years. And I think the next one we'll plan on living in for 15 or 20 years.

Yes, currently own a home in Falls Church, near W FC metro and plan to keep it as an investment.

We've got a brick rambler, inside the beltway in Silver Spring; not going anywhere unless I lose my job and we can't make the mortgage. I hope that it eventually works out better than 30 years of renting a similar house, though that's a pretty low threshold for being "an investment."

Have a house in Vienna--really in Tysons Corner. Hope to live here for years, but if we ever have to move, it will make a great rental.

Yes! We plan to live in this one another 27 years (we're planning on 30 total). We also plan to keep our first home - a little house in Arlington we rent out. Have owned that one 8 years and will keep it another 20 or so.

if so, where do you live?
We are hoping to keep our AU Park house for the next 30+ years or beyond (whether we live here or not).
As such it will be off the market through much of the lifetimes of current buyers. (baring unexpected changes in our lives). I was just wondering how many other homes in this area are in this position.

So do you plan on keeping your current house for many, many years?