Don’t write off east of the river: two emerging neighborhoods described by Marc Bleyer of the District’s Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development are there. In Anacostia, home prices are up a stunning 46 percent in one year, and rents have gone up 25 percent in the same time frame. Congress Heights, the area surrounding the forthcoming St. Elizabeth’s development, home values have doubled over five years. The 5,000-seat Wizards facility is under construction and the first phase of redevelopment of St. E’s delivers in 2019