In Dupont Circle,
the house sets the pace, not the street.
For a buyer pricing a row house in Dupont Circle: 44 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 Dupont Circle?
A median of $1,925,000 over the last twelve months, on 44 fee simple sales. The middle half went for $1,525,000 to $2,300,000, and the largest group, 48%, sold $2M or more. The median price per square foot was $806, against $629 across DC: $1M buys about 1,240 square feet here.
What does a $1M row house in Dupont Circle cost in cash and per month?
Few sell that low here: 2% of the sales were under $1M. At that price, 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 Dupont Circle median of $1,925,000, the same math is about $413,000 in cash and $11,877 a month.
How competitive is the Dupont Circle housing market?
Dupont Circle sells faster than the city. Its row houses went under contract in a median 16 days, against 17 across DC. 32% were under contract within a week, and 25% sold over the first ask, against 32% and 26% city-wide. The pace has held: a median 15 days in the last six months, 16 in the six before.
| Dupont Circle | All of DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 44 | 1,525 |
| Median price | $1,925,000 | $960,000 |
| Median per square foot | $806 | $629 |
| Median days on market | 16 | 17 |
| Under contract within a week | 32% | 32% |
| Sold over the first ask | 25% | 26% |
| Cut the price before selling | 30% | 30% |
Which Dupont Circle streets sold the most row houses?
Swann St NW had 7 sales, at a median $1,610,000. Riggs Pl NW had 6 sales, at a median $2,073,000. Corcoran St NW had 4 sales, at a median $2,885,000. 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 Dupont Circle?
The median row house that sold had 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths, and 68% had four bedrooms or more. 57% of the houses that sold came with off-street parking. Those sold at a median $2,100,000, against $1,650,000 without. Size and condition account for part of that gap. 95% of the sales were inside the Dupont Circle Historic District or the Strivers' Section Historic District, so exterior work goes through historic review.
Which Dupont Circle sales explain the market?
The fast ones. 1813 Riggs Pl NW went under contract in 6 days and sold for $1,395,000, 100% of its first ask (October 2026). 1734 Swann St NW went under contract in 5 days and sold for $1,416,000, 103% of its first ask (September 2026). 1541 T St NW went under contract in 2 days and sold for $2,100,000, 107.7% of its first ask (September 2026). The ones that sat. 1747 Swann St NW sat 35 days and sold for $1,610,000, 92.1% of its first ask (August 2026). 1811 T St NW sat 130 days and sold for $1,475,000, 92.2% of its first ask (February 2026).
Where is there room to negotiate in Dupont Circle?
On the houses that sat. 55% took more than two weeks to go under contract. 30% cut the asking price, and those sold at a median 92.1% of the first ask: $921,000 on a house first listed at $1M (see what a price cut costs).
How does Dupont Circle compare with the neighborhoods around it?
Dupont Circle: a median $1,925,000, 16 days, 25% over the ask. Kalorama Heights: a median $2,800,000, 56 days, 0% over the ask. Logan Circle: a median $1,515,000, 23 days, 31% over the ask.
What would I do to buy a row house in Dupont Circle?
Sort the house before you write. In Dupont Circle, 43% of the sales went under contract within two weeks at 98% of the first ask or more, and 30% cut the price. Which group a house belongs to decides how hard to push on price and terms.
Read next: Dupont Circle, 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.