September 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?
Housing market conditions uncertain in the Washington
D.C. metro area. A drop in mortgage rates boosted
home sales in September, though the outlook for the
area housing market remains uncertain.
There were 3,894 closed sales in September across the
D.C. region, a 4.4% increase over last year. However, the
number of new pending sales fell by 3.3% year-over-year
as mortgage rates stabilized and concerns about a
federal government shutdown weighed on potential
buyers.
Regionally, home price growth has stalled. In
September, the median sold price in the region was
$600,500, up just 0.3% from a year ago. However, in
September there was a lot of variation in prices across
the Washington D.C. metro.
Homes are taking much longer to sell. In September, the
median days on market in the Washington D.C. metro
area was 21 days, up 10 days from last September.
