Live Data · Row Homes
DC Market Pulse
Fee simple & rowhouse condo · Medians across tracked DC neighborhoods
Median Sale Price
$1.0M
Median Days on Market
20 days
Median List-to-Sale
97.9%
Neighborhoods Tracked
40
Row homes only (fee simple & rowhouse condo) · Median of medians across 40 tracked neighborhoods · Last 12 months · BrightMLS via Compass · Updated periodically
Brian's Take
"DC is not one market. It is 131 distinct neighborhoods with separate pricing environments, and treating them as one is how buyers and sellers miss out on landing that incredible residence or finding that perfect purchaser.
Foxhall Village, Mount Pleasant, and Burleith residences are selling in 6 days at 100% of the list price. Capitol Hill and Shaw are not far behind: 12-day median DOM, sellers capturing 98% to 99% of ask. In those neighborhoods, bringing a below-ask offer is not a negotiating strategy. It is a way to lose the house.
The data points in the other direction are equally clear. Kalorama is settling at 93% of list with a 59-day median DOM. At a $2.5 million median, that gap is real money. H Street is closing at 95% of the list price with 42 days on market, and it has the transaction volume to make the figure reliable. Buyers who show up with financing in order and pricing expectations grounded in evidence have room to work. The buyers who treat all of DC the same way do not."
· Brian R. Hill · Full market data in The Hill Report →
Coverage Area
DC Neighborhoods, Deeply Covered
The Asset Class
DC's historic row homes are not a category. They are a discipline.
A Victorian rowhouse and a rowhouse condo in the same building carry different ownership structures, different financing options, different renovation constraints, and different long-term appreciation profiles. Most buyers do not know that until they are under contract. Most agents do not know it well enough to matter.
Historic district designation, HPRB approval requirements, fee simple land ownership, co-op share structures, party wall agreements: these are not footnotes. They are the variables that determine what a property is actually worth and what it will cost to own over time.
Brian tracks row home transactions across 44 DC neighborhoods: median prices, days on market, list-to-sale ratios, and price per square foot broken out by ownership type. The data is updated regularly. The analysis is applied to every transaction.
40
Neighborhoods Tracked
row home market data, updated regularly
5,767
Capitol Hill Row Homes
DC's largest historic rowhouse district
2
Ownership Types Analyzed
fee simple and rowhouse condo, separately
6+
Metrics Per Neighborhood
price, DOM, PPSF, list-to-sale, YoY, inventory
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How I Work
The Selling Process
01
Pricing Strategy
Pricing a row home is not the same as pricing a condo. Fee simple versus rowhouse condo, historic district designation, block-level premiums, condition: every variable is modeled against real closed data before we set a number.
02
Market Preparation
Row home buyers are buying architecture as much as square footage. Presentation is calibrated to that. We assess what improvements move the needle, coordinate vendors, and position the property for the buyer profile most likely to compete.
03
Negotiation and Close
From first offer to settlement, nothing falls through the cracks. Every term evaluated, every contingency managed, every timeline held. You stay focused on what comes next.
How I Work
The Buying Process
01
Market Intelligence
Before we look at a single property, we map the row home market for your target neighborhoods: median prices by ownership type, DOM trends, list-to-sale ratios, and fee simple versus condo price-per-sqft. The numbers tell you whether to push or wait.
02
Strategic Offer
Row home offers require structural knowledge, not just price. Fee simple or condo? Historic district restrictions? Party wall conditions? We model the offer to win based on comparable data and the specific seller in front of us.
03
Precise Execution
From accepted offer to close, nothing falls through the cracks. Timelines managed, inspectors coordinated, lenders held accountable. Historic preservation considerations flagged before they become surprises. You focus on the decision. I handle everything else.
The Team Behind the Work
Why Wardman Residential
Wardman Residential at Compass has closed $775M+ across 1,550+ transactions in the DMV, with 103 years of collective team experience. The name is not incidental: Harry Wardman built more of DC's historic row homes than any developer in the city's history. That is the market Wardman was built to serve, and it is Brian's deepest area of expertise.
Compass is the #1 residential brokerage in the United States, with 34,000+ agents and $186B+ in annual home sales. That platform, the 1,800+ DMV agent network, private exclusive inventory, and full marketing infrastructure, sits behind every transaction Brian runs. Georgetown Master of Real Estate. A decade building and scaling companies. Nearly two decades in this market. You work with Brian directly, from first conversation through closing.
No generalists. No handoffs. One of the most analytically rigorous agents in the city, with the platform to match.
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Closed Volume
$775M+
DMV transactions
Transactions
1,550+
across DC, MD, VA
Team Experience
103 yrs
collective
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