Homes
What homes in Columbia Heights sell for, from the deeds DC's Office of Tax and Revenue records. Medians compare the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
Houses
SteadyRow houses, semi-detached and detached houses. Within 5% either way reads as steady. Fewer than 100 house sales in a window, so no percentage: a few sales can move this median a long way.
Condos
SteadyFewer than 100 condo sales in a window, so no percentage: a few sales can move this median a long way.
Median house price by month
Bar label: sales that monthMonthly figures
| Month | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | $750K | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | — | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | $933K | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | $1.05M | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | $887K | 4 |
| May 2026 | $765K | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | $887K | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | $905K | 10 |
| Aug 2026 | $968K | 10 |
| Sep 2026 | — | 2 |
| Oct 2026 | $700K | 3 |
| Nov 2026 | — | 0 |
Basis: houses only; calendar months, the last one in progress; median null when under 3 sales. The paler last bar is the month still in progress.
Last 60 days
Houses and condosDeeds reach DC's records a few weeks after closing, so the newest weeks undercount.
Sold above assessment
Last 12 months"Assessed" is OTR's current total assessment, which may be newer than the sale.
Recent sales
10 newest market sales| Date | Address | Type | Price | Assessed | Beds | Sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | 631 Quebec Pl NW | House | $700K | $721K | 4 | 1,540 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 1436 Meridian Pl NW # 202 | Condo | $380K | $373K ▲ | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 3504 13th St NW # 35 | Condo | $500K | $537K | — | — |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 449 Luray Pl NW | House | $777K | $673K ▲ | 3 | 1,280 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 3323 Sherman Ave NW | House | $621K | $768K | 4 | 1,080 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 646 Newton Pl NW # 203 | Condo | $600K | $587K ▲ | — | — |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 607 Columbia Rd NW | House | $740K | $716K ▲ | 4 | 1,240 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1443 Chapin St NW # 202 | Condo | $600K | $576K ▲ | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 1453 Girard St NW # 3 | Condo | $560K | $582K | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 1444 Fairmont St NW # 4 | Condo | $375K | $339K ▲ | — | — |
▲ marks a sale above its current assessment (6 of these 10). Bedrooms and floor area come from DC's appraisal records and are listed for houses only. Owner and buyer names are never shown.
Which sales count as Columbia Heights
Sales are tied to Columbia Heights through OTR assessment sub-areas Columbia Heights A, C and D in OTR's Integrated Tax System Public Extract, not through the DC Health planning-area boundary used elsewhere on this site, because the tax extract has no coordinates. The two areas overlap but do not match exactly. Fit with the Columbia Heights boundary, measured this run by tax square (a square counts as inside if any DC address point on it falls inside the DC Health polygon, so edge squares make these upper bounds; measured 2026-11-04): 81% of the 6,121 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 91% of house and condo parcels on in-boundary squares belong to the OTR area(s).
Appeal your assessment
If your home's assessed value looks higher than what it would sell for, you can ask DC to review it. Recent sales of similar homes nearby, like the ones above, are the kind of evidence an appeal uses.
- Check your assessment and its notice date on the Office of Tax and Revenue site.
- File the first-level appeal with OTR before the deadline printed on your notice.
- If you disagree with that result, further appeal levels are explained on the same site.
How sales are counted
Only deeds OTR codes "Market Sale" at $75,000 or more are counted (same filter as the prototypes); foreclosures, buyer=seller transfers, speculative, tax-deed, unusual and multi-parcel sales are excluded. "house" = row, semi-detached and detached (use codes 011-013); "condo" = use codes 016-017. Dates are deed sale dates; deeds reach the extract a few weeks after closing, so the newest weeks undercount. The extract keeps only each parcel's most recent sale, so a home that resold within 24 months counts once, in its later window. "Assessed" is OTR's current total assessment (NEWTOTAL), which may postdate the sale. Building area and bedrooms are from CAMA Residential (houses only).