In Columbia Heights,
the house sets the pace, not the street.
For a buyer pricing a row house in Columbia Heights: 72 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 Columbia Heights?
A median of $920,000 over the last twelve months, on 72 fee simple sales. The middle half went for $800,000 to $1,057,000, and the largest group, 67%, sold under $1M. The median price per square foot was $523, against $629 across DC: $1M buys about 1,910 square feet here.
What does a $1M row house in Columbia Heights 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 Columbia Heights median of $920,000, the same math is about $197,000 in cash and $5,642 a month.
How competitive is the Columbia Heights housing market?
Columbia Heights sells faster than the city. Its row houses went under contract in a median 14 days, against 17 across DC. 32% were under contract within a week, and 22% sold over the first ask, against 32% and 26% city-wide. It has sped up: the last six months ran a median 10 days, against 42 in the six before.
| Columbia Heights | All of DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 72 | 1,525 |
| Median price | $920,000 | $960,000 |
| Median per square foot | $523 | $629 |
| Median days on market | 14 | 17 |
| Under contract within a week | 32% | 32% |
| Sold over the first ask | 22% | 26% |
| Cut the price before selling | 25% | 30% |
Which Columbia Heights streets sold the most row houses?
Perry Pl NW had 6 sales, at a median $1,060,000. Irving St NW had 5 sales, at a median $950,000. Fairmont St NW had 5 sales, at a median $1,140,000. 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 Columbia Heights?
The median row house that sold had 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths, and 77% had four bedrooms or more. 40% of the houses that sold came with off-street parking. Those sold at a median $999,000, against $875,000 without. Size and condition account for part of that gap. 2% of the sales were inside the Greater U St Historic District. The rest are outside any historic district.
Which Columbia Heights sales explain the market?
The fast ones. 1407 Shepherd St NW went under contract in 7 days and sold for $1,010,000, 112.2% of its first ask (September 2026). 1349 Irving St NW went under contract in 0 days and sold for $923,000, 102.6% of its first ask (August 2026). 1434 Perry Pl NW went under contract in 5 days and sold for $900,000, 100.1% of its first ask (August 2026). The ones that sat. 3551 Hertford Pl NW sat 21 days and sold for $840,000, 90.3% of its first ask (February 2026). 1316 Irving St NW sat 354 days and sold for $1,057,000, 90% of its first ask (January 2026).
Where is there room to negotiate in Columbia Heights?
On the houses that sat. 50% took more than two weeks to go under contract. 25% cut the asking price, and those sold at a median 90.1% of the first ask: $901,000 on a house first listed at $1M (see what a price cut costs).
How does Columbia Heights compare with the neighborhoods around it?
Columbia Heights: a median $920,000, 14 days, 22% over the ask. Shaw: a median $1,130,000, 20 days, 23% over the ask. Petworth: a median $799,000, 25 days, 19% over the ask. Mount Pleasant: a median $1,575,000, 6 days, 40% over the ask.
What would I do to buy a row house in Columbia Heights?
Sort the house before you write. In Columbia Heights, 39% of the sales went under contract within two weeks at 98% of the first ask or more, and 25% cut the price. Which group a house belongs to decides how hard to push on price and terms.
Read next: Columbia Heights, the neighborhood page and row house prices in every neighborhood.
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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.