Jose A. Diaz-Asper bought a six-bedroom, three-bath home at 2811 35th St. N.W. in Washington from Christopher Ronald Cummings, Jonathan Benton Cummings, Susan Sturgis Cummings and the estate of Milton Curtis Cummings for $800,000 on Oct. 8.

The 2,400-square-foot house was built in 1923 in the neighborhood of Observatory Circle.

Diaz-Asper is a lawyer and is the owner and president of ATC Equity & Mortgage Inc., an investment banking firm.

He graduated from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business in 1965.

Milton Cummings was a scholar of American government and a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins for nearly 40 years.

He received his bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College (1954), a degree in politics from Oxford University (1956), and his doctorate in political science from Harvard University (1960).

According to BlockShopper.com there have been 4,212 home sales in Washington, D.C. during the past 12 months, with a median sales price of $375,000.

Address: 2811 35th Street NW
Buyer(s): Jose A Diaz-Asper
Seller(s): Christopher Cummings, Christopher Ronald Cummings, Jonathan Benton Cummings, Jonathan Cummings, Susan Cummings, Susan Sturgis Cummings (Estate) and Milton Curtis Cummings Of
Sale date: Oct. 8, 2009