On Capitol Hill,
the first weekend is the market.
For a buyer pricing a row house on Capitol Hill: 271 sold in the last twelve months. If you are buying a condo, these sales are not yours.
How much does a row house cost on Capitol Hill?
A median of $1,100,000 over the last twelve months, on 271 fee simple sales. The middle half went for $885,000 to $1,395,000, and the largest group, 41%, sold $1M to $1.5M. The median price per square foot was $733, against $629 across DC: $1M buys about 1,360 square feet here.
What does a $1M row house on Capitol Hill 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 Capitol Hill median of $1,100,000, the same math is about $236,000 in cash and $6,759 a month.
How competitive is the Capitol Hill housing market?
Capitol Hill sells much faster than the city. Its row houses went under contract in a median 8 days, against 17 across DC. 48% were under contract within a week, and 35% sold over the first ask, against 32% and 26% city-wide. It has sped up: the last six months ran a median 7 days, against 11 in the six before.
| Capitol Hill | All of DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 271 | 1,525 |
| Median price | $1,100,000 | $960,000 |
| Median per square foot | $733 | $629 |
| Median days on market | 8 | 17 |
| Under contract within a week | 48% | 32% |
| Sold over the first ask | 35% | 26% |
| Cut the price before selling | 22% | 30% |
Which Capitol Hill streets sold the most row houses?
G St SE had 12 sales, at a median $994,000. C St NE had 10 sales, at a median $1,235,000. E St SE had 10 sales, at a median $1,190,000. 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 on Capitol Hill?
The median row house that sold had 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths, and 34% had four bedrooms or more. 31% of the houses that sold came with off-street parking. Those sold at a median $1,285,000, against $1,046,000 without. Size and condition account for part of that gap. 73% of the sales were inside the Capitol Hill Historic District or the Emerald St Historic District, so exterior work goes through historic review.
Which Capitol Hill sales explain the market?
The fast ones. 131 North Carolina Ave SE went under contract in 6 days and sold for $1,751,000, 103% of its first ask (October 2026). 104 13th St NE went under contract in 4 days and sold for $1,250,000, 102% of its first ask (October 2026). 315 E St SE went under contract in 3 days and sold for $1,120,000, 112.1% of its first ask (October 2026). The ones that sat. 251 14th Pl NE sat 88 days and sold for $667,000, 92% of its first ask (December 2025). 136 E St SE sat 27 days and sold for $1,058,000, 92% of its first ask (November 2025).
Where is there room to negotiate on Capitol Hill?
On the houses that sat. 38% took more than two weeks to go under contract. 22% cut the asking price, and those sold at a median 92% of the first ask: $920,000 on a house first listed at $1M (see what a price cut costs).
How does Capitol Hill compare with the neighborhoods around it?
Capitol Hill: a median $1,100,000, 8 days, 35% over the ask. Hill East: a median $895,000, 9 days, 24% over the ask. Near Northeast / NoMa / H Street: a median $842,000, 17 days, 22% over the ask. Navy Yard: a median $1,160,000, 21 days, 0% over the ask.
What would I do to buy a row house on Capitol Hill?
Be ready before the house is listed. I would have the loan approved, not pre-qualified, and decide my terms before the first tour. On Capitol Hill, 55% of the sales went under contract within two weeks at 98% of the first ask or more. On those, the first weekend decides who gets the house.
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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.