Jessica Wilkie and Rishi Hingoraney bought a two-bedroom, 1.5-bath townhome at 1442 East St. S.E. in Washington, D.C. from the estate of Wayne M. Nesbitt for $524,000 on Oct. 19.

The 1,488-square-foot townhouse was built in 1910 in the Capitol Hill East neighborhood.

Wilkie is a realtor and home-buying specialist with Long & Foster Real Estate in D.C.

She previously was a settlement processor at Regional Title Inc. and an escrow account manager at Realty Title Services.

She received a B.A. in international affairs in 1998 from Mary Washington College.

Hingoraney is director for government relations at the Association of Public Television Stations.

He joined APTS in 2006 as a Congressional liaison and was promoted to his current position earlier in July. Prior to APTS, he was a managing principal at American PressWorks Inc., where he represented media clients on state and federal legislative issues.

He holds a bachelor's in political science from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Wilkie and Hingoraney were married in 2008 in Chevy Chase, Md.

According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 4,205 home sales in Washington, D.C. during the past 12 months, with median sales price of $374,700.

Address: 1442 E Street SE
Buyer(s): Rishi Hingoraney and Jessica Wilkie
Seller(s): Wayne M Nesbitt Of (Estate) and Leroy Nesbitt
Sale date: Oct. 15, 2009