April 2025. Monthly Housing Market Trends Report for Arlington, VA, Washington DC and Montgomery County. This is our monthly update and insights based on year over year numbers on these three markets. What do the numbers mean to you? How can they be translated to your current needs when buying or selling?
Listings up, contracts lower in April in the Washington
D.C. metro area. Inventory surged in April. At the end of
the month, there were 9,815 active listings, a 49.4%
increase over a year ago. The number of new listings
coming onto the market in April was 1.7% higher than
April 2024.
Homebuying activity in the D.C. region is more subdued
than a year ago. The number of new pending sales in April
was 6.6% lower than a year ago. Throughout the region,
only Arlington County had more new pending sales in April
2025.
The Washington D.C. area housing market likely is
experiencing the impact of DOGE and federal government
workforce cuts. Buyers are more cautious, and listings are
up more strongly than in other parts of the Mid-Atlantic.
Home prices continue upward even with the uncertainty.
The median price of $655,215 in April 2025 was a record
high for the region, up 2.4% year-over-year.
