In Brightwood,
the price is still a conversation.
For a buyer pricing a row house in Brightwood: 22 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?
A median of $661,000 over the last twelve months, on 22 fee simple sales. The middle half went for $525,000 to $765,000, and the largest group, 91%, sold under $1M. The median price per square foot was $476, against $629 across DC: $1M buys about 2,100 square feet here.
What does a $1M row house in Brightwood 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 median of $661,000, the same math is about $142,000 in cash and $4,036 a month.
How competitive is the Brightwood housing market?
Brightwood sells much slower than the city. Its row houses went under contract in a median 28 days, against 17 across DC. 23% were under contract within a week, and 23% sold over the first ask, against 32% and 26% city-wide. It has sped up: the last six months ran a median 17 days, against 34 in the six before.
| Brightwood | All of DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 22 | 1,525 |
| Median price | $661,000 | $960,000 |
| Median per square foot | $476 | $629 |
| Median days on market | 28 | 17 |
| Under contract within a week | 23% | 32% |
| Sold over the first ask | 23% | 26% |
| Cut the price before selling | 36% | 30% |
Which Brightwood streets sold the most row houses?
Sheridan St NW had 3 sales, at a median $653,000. 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?
The median row house that sold had 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths, and 55% had four bedrooms or more. 41% of the houses that sold came with off-street parking. Those sold at a median $820,000, against $640,000 without. Size and condition account for part of that gap. None of the sales were inside a historic district.
Which Brightwood sales explain the market?
The fast ones. 514 Powhatan Pl NW went under contract in 5 days and sold for $525,000, 110.5% of its first ask (July 2026). 5814 5th St NW went under contract in 3 days and sold for $900,000, 100% of its first ask (May 2026). 1364 Sheridan St NW went under contract in 6 days and sold for $765,000, 109.3% of its first ask (May 2026). The ones that sat. 619 Quackenbos St NW sat 71 days and sold for $645,000, 94.2% of its first ask (April 2026). 64 Longfellow St NW sat 38 days and sold for $640,000, 92.9% of its first ask (November 2025).
Where is there room to negotiate in Brightwood?
On the houses that sat. 68% took more than two weeks to go under contract. 36% cut the asking price, and those sold at a median 93.5% of the first ask: $935,000 on a house first listed at $1M (see what a price cut costs).
How does Brightwood compare with the neighborhoods around it?
Brightwood: a median $661,000, 28 days, 23% over the ask. Brightwood Park: a median $718,000, 33 days, 17% over the ask. Sixteenth Street Heights: a median $1,021,000, 24 days, 23% over the ask. Petworth: a median $799,000, 25 days, 19% over the ask.
What would I do to buy a row house in Brightwood?
Read the days before the price. In Brightwood, 68% of the row houses took more than two weeks, and 36% 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.