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April 2026 · Washington, DC

Spring's Split Market. And a New Direction.

Brian's Take

Spring arrived in DC's row home market in two speeds. Capitol Hill is closing homes in 12 days on 343 annual sales. Hill East posted 23% year-over-year appreciation, crossing $1 million median for the first time. Mount Pleasant is at 6-day DOM with a 100% list-to-sale ratio. On the other end: Truxton Circle is down 21% year-over-year with a 37-day median and sellers closing at 93 cents on the dollar. The gap between DC's fastest and slowest neighborhoods has been widening for 18 months and shows no sign of closing.

Starting with this issue, I am replacing the multi-neighborhood chart section with something I think is more useful: Neighborhood Profiles. One neighborhood per issue, examined in depth. Long data record, what drives the price floor, why it performs the way it does across cycles. The first profile is Mount Pleasant. The 26-year data and full analysis are on DC Brief. The teaser is below.

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DC Row Home Market

DC Row Home Market at a Glance

Neighborhood Pulse

Where the Action Is

YoY median price changes and days on market across six tracked neighborhoods.

Capitol Hill's 12-day median on 343 closed sales remains the most liquid market in DC by volume. Hill East is the story of the spring: 23% year-over-year on 45 sales, crossing $1 million for the first time. Mount Pleasant at 6-day DOM and 100% list-to-sale leads the table on absorption speed. Truxton Circle tells the other story: down 21% with sellers at 92.9 cents on the dollar after 37 days. That is a repricing, not a dip.

Neighborhood Profile

Mount Pleasant: What 160 Years of Intentional Development Buys You

327% appreciation since 2000. A 9% correction in 2008 while comparable neighborhoods fell 30 to 40%. Six days on market. The numbers have an explanation, and it starts in 1865.

Brian's Take

Mount Pleasant rarely gets mentioned in conversations about DC's most durable real estate markets. That disconnect between reputation and record is exactly what makes it worth a closer look.

The neighborhood's 26-year median price trajectory tells one story. The 2008 data tells a more important one. When comparable DC neighborhoods corrected 25 to 40 percent off their pre-recession peaks, Mount Pleasant pulled back roughly 9 percent and recovered within four years. That kind of floor doesn't exist without a structural explanation.

That explanation goes back to 1865, to how the neighborhood was originally built, what it was designed to preserve, and why the city keeps investing in it. The full profile covers the 26-year price record, the Historic District designation and what it actually does to supply, the cultural continuity argument, and what the current DC Office of Planning data says about where public investment is headed.

The full neighborhood profile is on DC Brief. Free to read.

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A Note from Brian

For Ruby.

In April, our family said goodbye to Ruby. She was a greyhound, 14 years old, and one of the most calm, gentle, and dignified animals I have ever known. We are so grateful we got to be her people.

Grief like this lands differently than you expect. There is a quiet in the house that is not peaceful. It is the absence of something that was always there. Ruby had her routines, her spots, the particular way she would arrange herself on the couch as though she had been doing it for centuries, which in dog years she practically had.

What helps is Louie, her pitbull brother, still here and still absolutely certain that every morning deserves to be treated as a gift. He is right about that. We are grateful for Louie. We are grateful we had Ruby for 14 years. Not every family gets a dog like that.

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