Capitol 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, 49 homes were sold in December 2022. A few less again from the previous month, and still considerably lower than the five year average of 87. Perhaps this decrease is from the increase in interest rates, only time will tell if this is a trend. Perhaps the market is stabilizing and will improve going forward, we will continue to watch.
Currently there are 203 homes are on the market, another drop from the previous month for a fourth month in a row, though again, quite a bit higher than the December average for the prior 5 years of 154. Is the market still hot? stabilizing? or even contracting? We'll watch for the trend. More inventory equals more opportunity for buyers.
We are at 2.5 Months of Supply, which is good drop from the previous month, though still higher than the 5 year average of 1.7 months of supply. Numbers are rising from earlier in the year. Let's see how soon we get to these numbers again, be that 1-2-3 or x months.
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December prices dropped again from the previous month at a $600,000 sold price, and lower than the 5 year average were $659,750 for this month, this seems to be happening more often in the last several months. Demand is catching up with inventory in this neighborhood. Perhaps we are in a period of stabilization, though this zip includes emerging areas as well.
Median days on market has increased from the previous month as homes were sold in 35 days in December. This is more than the 5 year average of 24 days. Buyers are continuing to hesitate this month. Perhaps this trend is due to increasing interest rates, time will tell.
Are buyers finally seeing a bit of breathing room in December? Apparently a small amount in this neighborhood with the ratio of sold price to original list price maintaining at 97.5%, the average for the prior 5 years is 99.0%.
This neighborhood comprises several sub-neighborhoods, 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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