In Brightwood Park,
the price is still a conversation.
For a buyer pricing a row house in Brightwood Park: 71 sold in the last twelve months. If you are buying a condo, these sales are not yours.
How much does a row house cost in Brightwood Park?
A median of $718,000 over the last twelve months, on 71 fee simple sales. The middle half went for $513,000 to $835,000, and the largest group, 96%, sold under $1M. The median price per square foot was $515, against $629 across DC: $1M buys about 1,940 square feet here.
What does a $1M row house in Brightwood Park cost in cash and per month?
At $1M, the cash is about $214,500 before lender and title charges: $200,000 down and $14,500 in DC recordation tax. The $800,000 loan at 7.32%, Freddie Mac's average on October 22, 2026, is $5,495 a month in principal and interest. Property tax with the homestead deduction adds about $643. At the Brightwood Park median of $718,000, the same math is about $154,000 in cash and $4,386 a month.
How competitive is the Brightwood Park housing market?
Brightwood Park sells much slower than the city. Its row houses went under contract in a median 33 days, against 17 across DC. 15% were under contract within a week, and 17% sold over the first ask, against 32% and 26% city-wide. It has sped up: the last six months ran a median 30 days, against 36 in the six before.
| Brightwood Park | All of DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 71 | 1,525 |
| Median price | $718,000 | $960,000 |
| Median per square foot | $515 | $629 |
| Median days on market | 33 | 17 |
| Under contract within a week | 15% | 32% |
| Sold over the first ask | 17% | 26% |
| Cut the price before selling | 46% | 30% |
Which Brightwood Park streets sold the most row houses?
7th St NW had 8 sales, at a median $583,000. Ingraham St NW had 8 sales, at a median $730,000. 9th St NW had 8 sales, at a median $762,000. A street median mixes every size and condition, so read it as a range, not a price.
What kind of house does that price buy in Brightwood Park?
The median row house that sold had 3 bedrooms and 3 full baths, and 41% had four bedrooms or more. 49% of the houses that sold came with off-street parking. Those sold at a median $778,000, against $543,000 without. Size and condition account for part of that gap. None of the sales were inside a historic district.
Which Brightwood Park sales explain the market?
The fast ones. 4917 9th St NW went under contract in 2 days and sold for $725,000, 103.6% of its first ask (October 2026). 4928 5th St NW went under contract in 0 days and sold for $925,000, 100% of its first ask (August 2026). 5319 4th St NW went under contract in 5 days and sold for $829,000, 100.5% of its first ask (August 2026). The ones that sat. 810 Madison St NW sat 129 days and sold for $725,000, 88.5% of its first ask (September 2026). 637 Hamilton St NW sat 99 days and sold for $420,000, 88.4% of its first ask (July 2026).
Where is there room to negotiate in Brightwood Park?
On the houses that sat. 69% took more than two weeks to go under contract. 46% cut the asking price, and those sold at a median 88.5% of the first ask: $885,000 on a house first listed at $1M (see what a price cut costs).
How does Brightwood Park compare with the neighborhoods around it?
Brightwood Park: a median $718,000, 33 days, 17% over the ask. Brightwood: a median $661,000, 28 days, 23% over the ask. Petworth: a median $799,000, 25 days, 19% over the ask. Sixteenth Street Heights: a median $1,021,000, 24 days, 23% over the ask.
What would I do to buy a row house in Brightwood Park?
Read the days before the price. In Brightwood Park, 69% of the row houses took more than two weeks, and 46% cut the asking price. On a house that has sat, I would write from the sales on the block, not from the ask. On a new one, I would still move in its first week.
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Send me every sale on my blockSources. BrightMLS closed sales of DC fee simple row houses in the twelve months to October 24, 2026, attributed to neighborhoods by DC public records. DC GIS historic districts. Freddie Mac, Primary Mortgage Market Survey, October 22, 2026. DC Office of Tax and Revenue, tax year 2026 rate and homestead deduction.