Timely DC real estate news, policy analysis, and market intelligence. Published multiple times per week.https://brianhill.co/en-ushttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-pulse-may-18-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-pulse-may-18-2026/The spring inventory flood is being absorbed. Capitol Hill shed 51 active listings in a week. Truxton Circle jumped 9% to $710K. Shaw posted its first positive year-over-year in months. And Navy Yard has finished correcting.Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-pulse-may-11-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-pulse-may-11-2026/Spring inventory dumped hard this week. Capitol Hill added 72 active listings in seven days. Adams Morgan's median slipped below $1M for the first time. Meanwhile, Dupont Circle is up 16.1% year-over-year and Hill East is up 18.8%. Same city, two very different markets.Mon, 11 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-profile-mount-pleasant/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-profile-mount-pleasant/The median row home in Mount Pleasant sold for $1.495 million in 2026. Six days on market. 100% list-to-sale. 327% appreciation since 2000. Here is why the numbers make sense once you understand 160 years of intentional development.Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-pulse-april-27-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-pulse-april-27-2026/Active listings fell sharply across DC this week. Capitol Hill lost 23 listings. Petworth lost 21. The absorption is real. But underneath it, the Georgia Avenue corridor keeps separating from the rest of the city.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-watch-april-20-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-watch-april-20-2026/Spring inventory arrived this week. Capitol Hill added 14 listings. Brookland added 13. The DOM didn't move. 44 neighborhoods tracked, weekly.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-str-amendment-act-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-str-amendment-act-2026/Mayor Bowser's Short-Term Rental Regulation Amendment Act of 2026 rewrites the rulebook for Airbnb and Vrbo hosts in DC. Three new license categories, a second-property option, renters now eligible, and a $49 inauguration license. Here is what the bill actually says.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTDeep Divehttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-brief-april-14-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-brief-april-14-2026/The GSA is selling federal office buildings in Southwest DC, reopening redevelopment questions for a neighborhood without residents. March sales climbed 5% but inventory keeps shrinking. Tudor Place in Georgetown is showing Washington family artifacts out of the vault for the first time. What annual home maintenance actually costs. And why waiting for the perfect mortgage rate is the wrong strategy. Five stories shaping DC real estate this week.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/pulse-april-13-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/pulse-april-13-2026/Thirty row home sales closed this week. Fifteen neighborhoods saw DOM stretch while eight compressed. The spring market is not accelerating. It is distributing unevenly.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-watch-april-6-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/neighborhood-watch-april-6-2026/Burleith-Hillandale dropped 15.8% month over month. Truxton Circle is down 28.5% year over year. Capitol Hill moved in hours. Full snapshot of all 44 DC neighborhoods.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-vacant-property-enforcement-staged-homes/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-vacant-property-enforcement-staged-homes/DC cut the vacant property exemption for listed single-family homes from one year to six months. Sellers who miss the registration process or the exemption clock are getting caught at closing.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeep Divehttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-brief-april-3-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-brief-april-3-2026/Bowser called DC's downtown conversion the first inning on her way out. Mortgage rates climbed back to 6.46% in a month. The DC Council passed a building code reform that allows taller single-stair construction. UrbanTurf mapped three decades of what $600,000 buys in DC. Georgetown still does not have a Metro station, and a new study explains the compounding decisions behind that. And data centers are adding new strain to the Potomac water supply. Six stories shaping DC real estate this week.Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMTRounduphttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-2050-future-land-use-map-what-it-means-for-housing/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-2050-future-land-use-map-what-it-means-for-housing/The District is rewriting the Future Land Use Map for the first time in two decades. The Office of Planning says it will accommodate 145,000 new residents by 2050. The math says otherwise. Here is what the draft proposes, where it falls short on inventory and affordability, and what it means for row home owners across all eight wards.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMTDeep Divehttps://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-brief-march-31-2026/https://brianhill.co/dc-brief/dc-brief-march-31-2026/The H Street streetcar made its last run. Fannie Mae opened the door to crypto-backed mortgages. DMV retail prices surged 27% year over year. Office-to-residential conversions are getting creative on cost. And new development is reshaping Takoma and Walter Reed. Five stories shaping DC real estate this week.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMTRoundup