WASHINGTON  It’s the capital’s newest parlor game, literally: How much is your parlor worth?

More precisely, how much is it worth to someone who is coming to town for President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration in January and needs a place to stay?

One three-bedroom house in suburban Virginia is said to have gone for $57,000 for inauguration week. A week at a four-bedroom in suburban Maryland was listed at $60,000, though that, like other offerings, may be wishful thinking.

As Washington gears up for the historic inauguration of the first African-American president, more than one million people are expected to descend on the capital.

The five-county metro area has 95,000 hotel rooms.

You do the math.

The demand for hotels outstripped the supply more than two months before the Jan. 20 inauguration, not just in Washington and environs but as far away as Pennsylvania and West Virginia; even campsites are filling up. Some people are renting RVs; others are offering apartment swaps.