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Market Report - 20002 - Washington, DC (Capitol Hill North) 2021 3

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Real Estate Agent with RLAH / @properties DC / MD / VA

Union StationCapitol Hill is also a neighborhood in Washington, a big village, split halfway across, half in the NE and half in the SE quadrant of Washington, DC.  Politicians work here, but people live here also.

On the north side, an iconic landmark is Union Station, with some 40 million people annually, shown here to represent the local perspective. This is a true transportation hub, with Amtrak, suburban rail, intercity  bus and the Metro(subway) stations to converge. As of 2019, 2nd busiest station in the country.

As of February 2016, the H Street Trolley now gets people from (almost) Union Station to past the 15th St Starburst.

This view shows the station as you drive up in a cab, or Bikeshare or walk from Capitol Hill on left.  If you were there today, you'd see no cabs, and no people inside (or, truly just a handful, not 100's, but mere dozens).

 

This month, 144 homes were sold in March 2021.  A nice jump in solds from last month, and numbers continue to remain up from the five year average of 99. As expected with COVID, the numbers are go up and down; regardless, the recovery is still doing well.  Perhaps the market will remain stable and improve going forward, we will continue to watch.

Currently there are 159 homes are on the market, this is a few more from the previous month, but still higher than the March average for the prior 5 years of 134. Up and down, up and down, we wonder when the market will level. We'll watch for the trend.  More inventory equals more opportunity.  

We are at 1.5 Months of Supply, which is a small decrease fromthe same as last month and right at the 5 year average of 1.5 months of supply.  Numbers continue to drop from earlier in the year making this market fast. Let's see how soon we get to these numbers again, be that 1-2-3 or x months.

March prices increased again from last month as we had a $733,500 sold price, the better news is that numbers were well above the the 5 year average of $666,430.  Obviously there is more demand than inventory. Growth continues, but this zip includes emerging areas as well.

A nice drop from last month, homes were sold in only 8 days in March.  This is about the same as the 5 year average of 10 days.  Buyers seemed to know what they wanted and seized the moment. 

A no room for buyers in March again, with the ratio of sold price to original list price maintaining at 100%, the average for the prior 5 years is 100%.  

This neighborhood comprises several subneighborhoods, from the brand new NOMA construction, to Trinidad and Union Market (itself a new mecca) and trendy H Street. As well as the tried and true, Capitol Hill and Union Station.This zip code ranked #27 in Washingtonian Magazines Great Places To Live 2019 issue, which ranked the 100 priciest zip codes in the greater Washington DC metro area.  With confidence, expect this zip to move up the chart in the next year(s) as the NOMA/Union Market continue to grow and the demand is challenged to be met.

(data from getsmartcharts; photo from Amtrak)

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Claude Labbe, Realty for Your Busy Life

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Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Capitol Hill North home buyers and sellers are sure to value your real estate market report, Claude.

Apr 25, 2021 02:14 AM