In Sixteenth Street Heights,
the price is still a conversation.
For a buyer pricing a row house in Sixteenth Street Heights: 26 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 Sixteenth Street Heights?
A median of $1,021,000 over the last twelve months, on 26 fee simple sales. The middle half went for $861,000 to $1,180,000, and the largest group, 54%, sold $1M to $1.5M. The median price per square foot was $549, against $629 across DC: $1M buys about 1,820 square feet here.
What does a $1M row house in Sixteenth Street 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.
How competitive is the Sixteenth Street Heights housing market?
Sixteenth Street Heights sells slower than the city. Its row houses went under contract in a median 24 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 12 days, against 57 in the six before.
| Sixteenth Street Heights | All of DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 26 | 1,525 |
| Median price | $1,021,000 | $960,000 |
| Median per square foot | $549 | $629 |
| Median days on market | 24 | 17 |
| Under contract within a week | 23% | 32% |
| Sold over the first ask | 23% | 26% |
| Cut the price before selling | 42% | 30% |
Which Sixteenth Street Heights streets sold the most row houses?
Decatur St NW had 3 sales, at a median $1,013,000. Buchanan St NW had 3 sales, at a median $1,400,000. Kennedy St NW had 3 sales, at a median $600,000. 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 Sixteenth Street Heights?
The median row house that sold had 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths, and 73% had four bedrooms or more. 58% of the houses that sold came with off-street parking. Those sold at a median $1,030,000, against $1,013,000 without. Size and condition account for part of that gap. None of the sales were inside a historic district.
Which Sixteenth Street Heights sales explain the market?
The fast ones. 1426 Webster St NW went under contract in 1 days and sold for $915,000, 100% of its first ask (August 2026). 1220 Ingraham St NW went under contract in 6 days and sold for $861,000, 101.9% of its first ask (July 2026). 1421 Crittenden St NW went under contract in 5 days and sold for $1,114,000, 111.5% of its first ask (June 2026). The ones that sat. 5240 Colorado Ave NW sat 57 days and sold for $1,030,000, 91.2% of its first ask (October 2025). 1402 Decatur St NW sat 90 days and sold for $1,080,000, 90.4% of its first ask (December 2025).
Where is there room to negotiate in Sixteenth Street Heights?
On the houses that sat. 65% took more than two weeks to go under contract. 42% cut the asking price, and those sold at a median 91.2% of the first ask: $912,000 on a house first listed at $1M (see what a price cut costs).
How does Sixteenth Street Heights compare with the neighborhoods around it?
Sixteenth Street Heights: a median $1,021,000, 24 days, 23% over the ask. Columbia Heights: a median $920,000, 14 days, 22% over the ask. Petworth: a median $799,000, 25 days, 19% over the ask.
What would I do to buy a row house in Sixteenth Street Heights?
Read the days before the price. In Sixteenth Street Heights, 65% of the row houses took more than two weeks, and 42% 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.