ZIP Market Deep-Dive · Washington, DC · February 2026
ZipBrief by Real Estate on Purpose February 2026
ZIP Market Deep-Dive · Washington, DC

Your market,
three layers deep.

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Washington, DC neighborhoods — each read across seven cross-checked data sources, honestly labeled.
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ZIPs now favor buyers
−0.6%
Real home-value trend, YoY average
6.48%
30-yr fixed — down 0.37 pts in a year
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Data through February 2026
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Market Deep-Dive · February 2026
What’s inside

Contents

01 AU Park / Tenleytown
ZIP 20016 — the +28.9% headline that isn’t
 3 02 The month in one minute
Metro comparison, mortgage context & takeaways
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How to read this report — three sources, one honest picture
Sale medians
What homes actually closed for, on 90-day rolling windows. Jumps when the mix of homes selling shifts — not always when prices move.
Source · Redfin
Value index
A smoothed, gap-free estimate of what a typical home is worth. The number to trust for “what is my home doing.”
Source · Zillow ZHVI
Listings & leverage
Asking prices, price cuts, days on market and supply — the live signals of who holds negotiating power right now.
Source · Realtor.com
When these sources disagree, it usually means the kind of home selling changed — not that values jumped. Each page flags that, and trusts the smoothed value index for what your home is really worth.
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AU Park / Tenleytown
ZIP 20016 · Section 01
Section 01 ZIP 20016

AU Park / Tenleytown

Strong buyer's market
Who holds leverage13/100 seller leverage
◀ BuyersBalancedSellers ▶
Over-asking 5Sale speed 0Price cuts 47Supply 0
Buyer attention 37/100 — cooler than 53% of its own last five years · Realtor.com hotness, Apr 2026
Neighborhood streetscape

A strong buyer's market. The headline median leapt +28.9% — but that’s which homes sold, not prices rising. A typical home is −0.6% year over year; single-family −1.6%; condo / co-op −5.3%.

$980K
Median sale · +28.9% YoY
$1.12M
Real value index · −0.6% YoY
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Median days on market
24.5%
Listings with a price cut

By property type

90-day window · Feb 2026
TypeMedianSale YoYValue YoYSold
Single-family$2,105,000−1.6%−0.5%64
Townhouse thin$1,004,000−29.3%—11
Condo / co-op$395,500−5.3%−4.4%34
Multi-family thin$1,075,000−46.5%—2

Do the sources agree?

Redfin sale median
+28.9%
Zillow value index
−0.6%
Realtor list median
−23.6%
Headline median
+28.9%
more big homes sold
A typical home
−0.6%
smoothed value index
That +28.9% needs context. Talk to ZipBrief before you reprice your expectations.

Five-year value trend

Apr 2021 · $1.02MApr 2026 · $1.12M
Moving 0.1 pts behind the Washington, DC metro overall (−0.6% vs −0.5%).

When this ZIP rewards sellers

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Homes listed to close in March sold above asking 32.5% of the time on average — vs just 24.2% in February.

$2,910/mo
Typical rent · −4.0% YoY
32.2
Price-to-rent ratio
Renting stays cheap relative to owning here.
What it means
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The month in one minute
Summary · Section 02
Summary

1 neighborhoods, one honest read

Buyers hold the leverage across all of these ZIPs — and the headline prices are quieter than they look.

AU Park / TenleytownZIP 20016Strong buyer's market
The +28.9% headline is a mix shift — more big homes sold. Real values are −0.6%. 24.5% of listings have cut their price.
Real value vs the Washington, DC metro Zillow index, YoY
AU Park / Tenleytown20016
−0.6%
Washington, DC metro overallbenchmark
−0.5%

Each bar is the smoothed value index against the metro benchmark — the honest read on where values are actually moving.

6.48%
Average 30-year fixed mortgage rate, down 0.37 pts from a year ago.
National average · Freddie Mac via FRED · week of 2026-06-04
Three things to take from this month
Buyers hold the leverage
1 of 1 ZIPs favor buyers more than they have in most of the last five years. More price cuts, slower sales, fewer bidding wars — room to negotiate.
The headline is a mirage
Closing medians swung from +28.9% to +28.9%, yet every value index is flat to slightly down. The jumps are which homes sold, not your home gaining value.
Timing still matters
Each ZIP has its own sweet spot — March in AU Park — when homes most often sell above asking. Listing date is a lever.
The bottom line

Across these neighborhoods, buyers have quietly gained the upper hand — and the splashy sale-price headlines mostly reflect a richer mix of homes selling, not rising values. For a homeowner, that means price to the smoothed value index, lean on seasonal timing, and use the falling rate as the conversation-starter with anyone weighing a move. The fundamentals are steady; the strategy is patience and precision.

Wondering what this means for your home? Talk to ZipBrief