In Shaw,
the house sets the pace, not the street.
For a buyer pricing a row house in Shaw: 47 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 Shaw?
A median of $1,130,000 over the last twelve months, on 47 fee simple sales. The middle half went for $835,000 to $1,650,000, and the largest group, 38%, sold under $1M. The median price per square foot was $667, against $629 across DC: $1M buys about 1,500 square feet here.
What does a $1M row house in Shaw 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. At the Shaw median of $1,130,000, the same math is about $242,000 in cash and $6,945 a month.
How competitive is the Shaw housing market?
Shaw sells slower than the city. Its row houses went under contract in a median 20 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 16 days, against 21 in the six before.
| Shaw | All of DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 47 | 1,525 |
| Median price | $1,130,000 | $960,000 |
| Median per square foot | $667 | $629 |
| Median days on market | 20 | 17 |
| Under contract within a week | 23% | 32% |
| Sold over the first ask | 23% | 26% |
| Cut the price before selling | 26% | 30% |
Which Shaw streets sold the most row houses?
6th St NW had 8 sales, at a median $720,000. French St NW had 3 sales, at a median $1,725,000. S St NW had 3 sales, at a median $925,000. 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 Shaw?
The median row house that sold had 3 bedrooms and 3 full baths, and 49% had four bedrooms or more. 57% of the houses that sold came with off-street parking. Those sold at a median $1,330,000, against $990,000 without. Size and condition account for part of that gap. 57% of the sales were inside the Shaw Historic District or the Greater U St Historic District, so exterior work goes through historic review.
Which Shaw sales explain the market?
The fast ones. 1007 O St NW went under contract in 3 days and sold for $2,205,000, 100.2% of its first ask (September 2026). 1311 10th St NW went under contract in 6 days and sold for $957,000, 106.5% of its first ask (September 2026). 934 French St NW went under contract in 1 days and sold for $1,730,000, 100.3% of its first ask (July 2026). The ones that sat. 911 M St NW sat 60 days and sold for $2,725,000, 94.8% of its first ask (July 2026). 455 Q St NW sat 57 days and sold for $1,130,000, 94.2% of its first ask (December 2025).
Where is there room to negotiate in Shaw?
On the houses that sat. 57% took more than two weeks to go under contract. 26% cut the asking price, and those sold at a median 94.5% of the first ask: $945,000 on a house first listed at $1M (see what a price cut costs).
How does Shaw compare with the neighborhoods around it?
Shaw: a median $1,130,000, 20 days, 23% over the ask. Logan Circle: a median $1,515,000, 23 days, 31% over the ask. U Street: a median $1,085,000, 24 days, 25% over the ask. Bloomingdale: a median $959,000, 23 days, 21% over the ask.
What would I do to buy a row house in Shaw?
Sort the house before you write. In Shaw, 36% of the sales went under contract within two weeks at 98% of the first ask or more, and 26% cut the price. Which group a house belongs to decides how hard to push on price and terms.
Read next: Shaw, the neighborhood page and row house prices in every neighborhood.
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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.