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Distinct communities across the capital region. Each with its own character, market dynamics, and buyer profile. Explore the neighborhoods FORWARD knows best.

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The District of Columbia Washington, DC

The FORWARD guide to buying and selling across the District, from Capitol Hill and NoMa to Dupont Circle and the West End.

Oct 1Tax year start
1.45%Transfer tax, $400K+
6Metro lines
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Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun Northern Virginia

The FORWARD guide to Arlington, Old Town Alexandria, McLean, Middleburg, and the rest of Northern Virginia.

4Neighborhood guides
Silver LineTo Dulles
VALicensed agents
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Bethesda, Rockville, Silver Spring Montgomery County

The FORWARD guide to Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Potomac, and the rest of Montgomery County, Maryland.

3Guides
Red LineMetro
MDLicensed
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Montgomery County, Maryland Bethesda

A Metro-served downtown, Montgomery County public schools, and single-family streets minutes from Washington DC.

$1.35MMedian price
35 daysMedian DOM
Red Line2 stations
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Montgomery County, Maryland Potomac

Estate homes, larger lots, and the C&O Canal along the Potomac River, west of Bethesda.

$1.27MMedian price
34 daysMedian DOM
+6.2%YoY
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Washington, DC NoMa

DC's transit-oriented corridor. Red Line access, Union Market, and a decade of investment.

$859KMedian price
Walk 96Walk Score
Red LineNoMa-Gallaudet
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Loudoun County, Virginia Middleburg

Equestrian estates, Blue Ridge views, and Virginia wine country in Loudoun County.

$1.1MMedian price
300+Working farms nearby
1787Town founded
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Fairfax County, Virginia McLean

The DC metro's most private address. Senior government officials, Fortune 500 executives, and foreign diplomats.

$1.5M+Median price
18 daysAvg. DOM
Top 1%Schools
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Arlington County, Virginia Arlington

DC's backyard and its most dynamic real estate market. Tech executives, Pentagon officials, and Amazon engineers.

$703K–$840KMedian price
+2.1%YoY growth
4 LinesMetro
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Washington, DC Capitol Hill

The legislative heart of the nation. Victorian rowhouses, Eastern Market, and an unmatched concentration of political influence.

$785KMedian price
Walk 91Walk Score
Est. 1791Founded
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Montgomery County, Maryland Chevy Chase

DC's most deliberate border community. Colonial estates, top-tier schools, and the residential depth of the Maryland suburbs.

$1.2M–$1.4MMedian price
94.4%Owner-occ.
BCCSchool cluster
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Washington, DC Dupont Circle

The cosmopolitan center of Northwest DC. Embassy Row, gallery culture, and some of the city's finest Victorian and Beaux-Arts architecture.

$619KMedian price
Walk 98Walk Score
$602/sfAvg. $/sqft
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City of Alexandria, Virginia Old Town Alexandria

Virginia's most storied address. Cobblestone streets, Federal rowhouses, and a Potomac waterfront dating to 1749.

$870K–$1.1MMedian price
+4.2%Appreciation
Walk 84Walk Score
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Washington, DC West End

Where Georgetown meets downtown. Luxury condominiums, five-star hotels, and the quiet sophistication of DC's western corridor.

$550K–$1.2MMedian price
Walk 96Walk Score
Foggy BottomMetro
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Washington, DC Spring Valley

Large detached homes off Massachusetts Avenue, developed by W.C. & A.N. Miller from 1928. Home to American University.

$2.68MMedian price
Mann ESDCPS
Tenleytown-AUMetro
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Washington, DC Wesley Heights

1920s Tudor and Colonial houses between Glover-Archbold Park and Battery Kemble Park, protected by a zoning overlay.

$3.0MMedian price
Hardy MSDCPS
Tenleytown-AUMetro
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Washington, DC AU Park

About 2,700 homes, nearly all detached. Center-hall Colonials, front porches, and two Red Line stations.

$1.80MMedian price
Janney ESDCPS
Tenleytown-AUMetro
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Washington, DC The Palisades

A river neighborhood along MacArthur Boulevard, with the C&O Canal and the Capital Crescent Trail.

$1.36MMedian price
Key ESDCPS
9 daysMedian to sell
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Washington, DC Georgetown

Founded in 1751. Federal-period houses, the C&O Canal, and a historic district reviewed by the Commission of Fine Arts.

$1.70MMedian price
Hyde-Addison ESDCPS
1751Founded
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Washington, DC Chevy Chase DC

The District side of Chevy Chase. Colonial Revival houses between Rock Creek Park and Friendship Heights.

$1.48MMedian price
Lafayette ESDCPS
Friendship HeightsMetro
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