Rising prices and quick closings are staples of Washington’s contemporary real-estate market, and a year-end summary from the listing company Redfin piles on even more evidence that Washington continues to be one of the trickiest places to buy a home. Redfin included six pockets of DC in its roundup of 2014’s “Most Competitive Neighborhoods,” more than any other US city besides San Francisco.

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