These are the five highest-priced home sales reported in Washington, District of Columbia for the week ending November 8, 2026, and together they totaled $14.488 million. The homes are spread from Dupont Circle and Logan Circle to Observatory Circle, Colony Hill and Chevy Chase, and none of the five is new construction.
No. 1 — $4,000,000 · 1726 Hoban Rd NW, Washington, D.C.
The top sale was a brick Colonial on Hoban Road in Colony Hill, built in 1935 and since renovated, which sold for $4 million. At 7,298 square feet it is the largest home of the five, and its six full baths and a half bath are the most in the group. It also has six bedrooms, four fireplaces and four stories on a lot of 9,157 square feet.
A sweeping staircase rises from the foyer, and beyond it are formal entertaining rooms and a private office. The family room opens through a wall of French doors to a covered terrace and the grounds behind the home. Next to it is the kitchen, with an oversized center island, a Wolf range, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and two dishwashers, plus a scullery with a full-size wine refrigerator. Out back are a turf lawn, an outdoor fireplace and several spots for dining and lounging.
The primary suite takes up part of the second level and has its own terrace, a custom dressing room and a bath with a soaking tub and an oversized walk-in shower. Three more bedroom suites, each with its own bath, and a study share that floor. A recreation room with a full bath fills the third floor, and the finished lower level has a second family room and a guest suite. The property last sold for $3.6 million in 2018.
Kyle Meeks and Matthew B Mccormick of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty were the listing agents, and the home went under contract 17 days after it was listed. Kelly Basheer Garrett, also of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, represented the buyer. The sale was the first of three in this Top 5 listed by agents of the brokerage, which listed the homes ranked first, second and third.
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No. 2 — $3,200,000 · 2017 Hillyer Pl NW, Washington, D.C.
According to the listing, the Dupont Circle townhouse at 2017 Hillyer Place was commissioned by Colonel Hillyer for his daughter and was once the home of John Steinbeck. Built in 1880, it is the oldest home among the five, and it sold for $3.2 million. It stands on a quiet one-way street two and a half blocks from Dupont Circle.
The facade is light brick under a red clay roof with Dutch gables, and carved stonework and a semicircular glass-tile skylight sit above the double front doors. Inside an enclosed vestibule, the interiors are the work of May Gardner Wilson of Edith Gregson Interiors. The formal living room has a marble-surround fireplace and a bay window topped by a skylight, and the dining room has a fireplace of its own. At the back, a full wall of glass lights the kitchen, which has Polarstone counters, European cabinetry and appliances by Wolf, Sub-Zero and Miele. French doors open to tiered terraces that lead to a walled courtyard, and the property also has a parking pad for two cars.
The townhouse has five bedrooms, four full baths and a half bath, five fireplaces and 3,945 square feet on four stories. The primary suite upstairs has a fireplace, a private balcony and a dressing gallery set between two walk-in closets, and its marble-walled bath has a freestanding soaking tub. The two bedrooms on the top floor each have a fireplace. The lower level works on its own, with a second kitchen, two living areas, a full bath, laundry, a mudroom and private entrances front and rear. The property last sold for $2.795 million in 2022.
Nicole Terry and Daniel M Heider of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty were the listing agents, making this the second of the brokerage’s three listings at the top of this Top 5. Leah Fernandez of Compass represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $2,495,000 · 2995 38th St NW, Washington, D.C.
The newest home in this Top 5 is a Victorian-style home in Observatory Circle, built in 2002, that sold for $2.495 million. It is part of an enclave of homes near the Cathedral, and an elevator reaches every floor. The brick-veneer home has four bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath, and 3,583 square feet on three stories, with tall ceilings, hardwood floors, two electric fireplaces, a slate patio and a two-car garage. The property last sold for $1.4 million in 2004.
Logan MacKethan of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty listed the home, and it went under contract six days later. Connie Carter of Compass represented the buyer. With this sale, agents of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty listed each of the three highest-priced homes in this Top 5.
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No. 4 — $2,450,000 · 1438 S St NW, Washington, D.C.
The Federal-style townhouse at 1438 S Street in Logan Circle sold for $2.45 million. Built in 1890, the brick home is on a tree-lined block moments from 14th Street and Logan Circle. The restaurants and shops of the 14th Street corridor are steps away, and Dupont Circle and the U Street Corridor are within an easy stroll.
Inside, the original staircase and original wood floors remain, along with high ceilings, moldings and a marble fireplace. The kitchen runs across the back of the home, with stone counters, stainless steel appliances and a professional-style gas range, and a breakfast area and glass doors open from it straight to the garden. There, a broad bluestone terrace has room for dining and lounging, surrounded by mature trees, plantings and wood fencing. Beyond the garden is a detached, oversized two-car garage.
The home has three bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath, and 2,488 square feet on three stories, on a lot of 2,742 square feet. The primary bath has been updated in marble, with an oversized glass-enclosed shower.
Joseph E Freeman III of McWilliams/Ballard, Inc. was the listing agent, and the home went under contract two days after it was listed, selling at its full asking price. Daryl Judy of Washington Fine Properties ,LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $2,343,000 · 3245 Arcadia Pl NW, Washington, D.C.
Renovated and expanded in 2015, the 1938 brick Colonial at 3245 Arcadia Place in Chevy Chase sold for $2.343 million. It is set back from the street on a lot of 8,490 square feet, with a front portico.
Its six bedrooms tie it with the top sale for the most in this group, and it also has four full baths, two half baths and 3,990 square feet on four stories. On the first floor, a combined kitchen and family room stretches across the back, joined by a separate office, a dining room and a cloak area with a double-width closet and a powder room. There are four bedrooms on the second floor, among them the primary suite, and two more on the top level. The lowest level has a bright family room, its own exterior entrance and a half bath. Outside are a large rear deck and a fully fenced rear garden with an irrigation system, and the home also has a gas fireplace and an attached one-car garage.
Tammy Gale and Lydia A Hatfield of Washington Fine Properties, LLC were the listing agents, and the home went under contract eight days after it was listed. Andrew Riguzzi of Compass represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 8, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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