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Sales Up, Prices Down? A Few DC Housing Predictions For 2026

  • December 3rd 2025

by UrbanTurf Staff

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As an up and down year for the housing market winds down, forecasts are being made for what 2026 may bring. 

Bright MLS published its forecast for the DC-area and Mid-Atlantic housing markets on Wednesday, and we plucked out some of the more interesting predictions for the DC region.

Here are a few:

  • Home sales will rise about 8% in the DC region in 2026. This year, sales are essentially the same as 2024.
  • Home prices will fall slightly. Bright predicts that median home prices in the region will drop 1% to $617,000. 
  • The inventory of homes for sale will rise by about 14%. 

“On-going uncertainty around the federal government suggests weaker demand in the Washington D.C. Metro Area and the North Central Virginia markets, and therefore, these forecasts suggest a slower pace of home sales transactions in 2026 compared to other parts of the Mid-Atlantic,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS Chief Economist said. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/sales_up_prices_down_a_few_housing_predictions/24122.

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