In Mount Pleasant,
the first weekend is the market.
For a buyer pricing a row house in Mount Pleasant: 43 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 Mount Pleasant?
A median of $1,575,000 over the last twelve months, on 43 fee simple sales. The middle half went for $1,325,000 to $1,825,000, and the largest group, 44%, sold $1.5M to $2M. The median price per square foot was $716, against $629 across DC: $1M buys about 1,400 square feet here.
What does a $1M row house in Mount Pleasant cost in cash and per month?
Few sell that low here: 9% 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 Mount Pleasant median of $1,575,000, the same math is about $338,000 in cash and $9,706 a month.
How competitive is the Mount Pleasant housing market?
Mount Pleasant sells much faster than the city. Its row houses went under contract in a median 6 days, against 17 across DC. 56% were under contract within a week, and 40% sold over the first ask, against 32% and 26% city-wide. The pace has held: a median 7 days in the last six months, 5 in the six before.
| Mount Pleasant | All of DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 43 | 1,525 |
| Median price | $1,575,000 | $960,000 |
| Median per square foot | $716 | $629 |
| Median days on market | 6 | 17 |
| Under contract within a week | 56% | 32% |
| Sold over the first ask | 40% | 26% |
| Cut the price before selling | 19% | 30% |
Which Mount Pleasant streets sold the most row houses?
Irving St NW had 7 sales, at a median $1,465,000. Park Rd NW had 6 sales, at a median $1,550,000. Kenyon St NW had 5 sales, at a median $1,776,000. 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 Mount Pleasant?
The median row house that sold had 5 bedrooms and 3 full baths, and 81% had four bedrooms or more. 47% of the houses that sold came with off-street parking. Those sold at a median $1,738,000, against $1,475,000 without. Size and condition account for part of that gap. 97% of the sales were inside the Mt. Pleasant Historic District, so exterior work goes through historic review.
Which Mount Pleasant sales explain the market?
The fast ones. 1820 Kenyon St NW went under contract in 6 days and sold for $1,677,000, 101.6% of its first ask (October 2026). 1820 Irving St NW went under contract in 2 days and sold for $1,465,000, 100% of its first ask (September 2026). 2029 Rosemount Ave NW went under contract in 0 days and sold for $1,085,000, 120.6% of its first ask (August 2026). The ones that sat. 2916 18th St NW sat 80 days and sold for $1,690,000, 91.4% of its first ask (June 2026). 3159 18th St NW sat 32 days and sold for $1,475,000, 93.7% of its first ask (June 2026).
Where is there room to negotiate in Mount Pleasant?
On the houses that sat. 33% took more than two weeks to go under contract. 19% cut the asking price, and those sold at a median 92.5% of the first ask: $925,000 on a house first listed at $1M (see what a price cut costs).
How does Mount Pleasant compare with the neighborhoods around it?
Mount Pleasant: a median $1,575,000, 6 days, 40% over the ask. Columbia Heights: a median $920,000, 14 days, 22% over the ask.
What would I do to buy a row house in Mount Pleasant?
Be ready before the house is listed. I would have the loan approved, not pre-qualified, and decide my terms before the first tour. In Mount Pleasant, 67% of the sales went under contract within two weeks at 98% of the first ask or more. On those, the first weekend decides who gets the house.
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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.