Obamas Staying in D.C. to Avoid 'Tough' Move

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A lot like high school, D.C. only hosts presidents for a few years and then they leave — it's a long held tradition.

President Barack Obama has different plans. The president will hand off the keys to the White House in January, but his family will stay in D.C.

During an event in Wisconsin on Thursday, the president was asked about his plans after the election. He talked about his long history in Chicago, but said he'd be in D.C. for "a couple of years."

"Transferring someone in the middle of high school. Tough," he said. Obama's youngest daughter, Sasha, attends Sidwell Friends School.

The Obamas have hinted at this decision for years, telling Barbara Walters that plans post-administration would require input from their daughters.

"Sasha will have a big vote," Obama said, noting his children have "made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things."

Now that there is confirmation, which home the Obamas settle on will be the hottest real estate transaction in the D.C. metro.

The Georgetown and Kalorama neighborhoods are strong possibilities for the Obamas' next home, with easier routes to Sidwell and well-vetted locations for what will need to be one of the most secure homes in the district.

"I don’t think it's too much of a security concern as much as where they are going to be the most comfortable," broker Jim Bell told the Washington Business Journal last fall. "The Secret Service is really flexible — they can go anywhere."

A few homes that could make the shortlist:

• 2728 32nd St NW, Washington, DC
• $6,500,000
• 5 bds • 5.5 ba • 5,827 sqft

• 2400 Foxhall Rd NW, Washington, DC
• $6,500,0007 bds
• 8 ba • 8,100 sqft

• 2615 30th St NW, Washington, DC
• $5,950,000
• 5 bds • 7 ba • 8,895 sqft

• 2930 Woodland Dr NW, Washington, DC
• $4,250,000
• 6 bds • 8 ba • 6,200 sqft

Photo: President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia, left, and Sasha walk through Lafayette Park from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., Aug. 19, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)