What's Hot: DOJ-To-Residential? 500-Unit Apartment Conversion Pitched For Judiciary Plaza Office Building
The Ten-Year Trajectory of DC Home Prices in Four Charts
✉️ Want to forward this article? Click here.

As prices in DC hit new records last year, we decided to take a closer look at how home values have shot up in the city during the last decade. Below we analyze four charts that show the path of home prices for a variety of property types since 2013.
Home prices in DC peaked at around $700,000 last year before dropping in the last two quarters as homebuyer demand fell. Despite the drop, the median home price of $634,000 in the city at the end of 2022 represented a 44% increase compared to 2013 when the median home price in the city was $440,000.
story continues below
story continues above
A year ago, UrbanTurf thought that 2021 would be remembered as the year that detached single-family home prices in DC set a record. In fact, prices may have peaked last year when the median price for this property rose north of $1.3 million. The year ended with the median price at $1,242,000, well more than double the price of a single-family home in early 2013.
Like detached single-family homes, the prices for DC rowhouses and townhouses were in the "never been higher" category last year when they rose above $900,000 for the first time. The median price for this property type came down to $817,500 at the end of the year, but that still represents a 61% gain compared to ten years ago.
In the second quarter of 2022, condo and co-op prices in DC hit a new high of $525,000. Prices dropped as the year progressed, ending the fourth quarter at $480,000, a 23% increase compared to the beginning of 2013.
Data courtesy of Bright MLS. Photo courtesy of HD Bros.
See other articles related to: dc home and condo prices, dc housing market, dc housing prices
This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_ten-year_trajectory_of_dc_home_prices_in_four_charts/20666.
Most Popular... This Week • Last 30 Days • Ever

Approximately 6,330 homes sold in the city in 2024 — and 26% of those listings went... read »

Reports over the last week have suggested that a flood of homes hit the market as the... read »

Fifteen years later, plans appear to be back in the works for one of Georgetown's mos... read »

The wheels are in motion to convert an office building in downtown DC into a large re... read »

The listing is the largest residence in the building and lives like a townhome, with ... read »
- DC Sees Highest Percentage Of All-Cash Home Sales On Record In 2024
- The DC Area Is Not Seeing A Surge Of Homes Hit The Market Due To Federal Layoffs
- Fifth Time's A Charm? A 21-Unit Development Is Back On The Table For Georgetown Exxon Site
- DOJ-To-Residential? 500-Unit Apartment Conversion Pitched For Judiciary Plaza Office Building
- One-of-a-Kind Residence in a Former Embassy Hits the Market in Adams Morgan
DC Real Estate Guides
Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market
We've collected all our helpful guides for buying, selling and renting in and around Washington, DC in one place. Start browsing below!
First-Timer Primers
Intro guides for first-time home buyers
Unique Spaces
Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro