Arlington home sales grew 5.4% year-over-year in 2025 despite economic headwinds, according to new data.
A total of 2,315 properties went to closing during the year, up from 2,196 in 2024, according to figures reported Jan. 12 by MarketStats by ShowingTime.
The average sales price for Arlington homes that went to closing in 2025 was $928,998, up 3.3% from 2024.
Arlington’s results were in line with growth recorded throughout most of Northern Virginia for the year. More available inventory equated to greater opportunity for those able to afford local home prices.
“There is a lot of pent-up demand in the market, and buyers do have more choices than they have had in years,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist for the Bright MLS multiple-listing service.
The market remains complicated by various positive and negative trends, Sturtevant said:
“Even with mortgage rates coming down, affordability is still a major challenge for many buyers, particularly first-time buyers. Sellers should expect that buyers will have more leverage and price growth will soften further, with price drops possible in some local markets.”
Across Northern Virginia as a whole, sales were up 1% to about 26,700 in 2025. Outside of Arlington:
- Sales totaled 11,780 in Fairfax County, down 0.1%
- Loudoun’s sales total of 5,332 was up 5.8%
- In Prince William County, 5,005 homes changed hands, down 5.6%
- The sales total in Alexandria was 1,987, up 2.2%
- In the city of Fairfax, the sales total of 357 was up 19.8%
- In Falls Church, the sales total of 171 was up 30.5%
Falls Church led not just the region but the entire Mid-Atlantic region in average sales price for the year. Though down 2.3% from 2024, it stood at $1,084,584, the only jurisdiction with an average price of over a million dollars.
Fairfax County’s average sales price rose 3% to $883,520, while Alexandria’s was up 5.3% to $818,871.
For December, the Arlington market closed the year out strong, with its 183 sales up 27% from a year before.
Regional home sales down, prices up in 2025: Across the D.C. region in 2025, sales totaled 49,408, down 1.1% from 49,942, according to Bright MLS.
As is typical, market activity varied by locality.
“Loudoun and Arlington counties had gains in closed sales in 2025 compared to 2024. Meanwhile, Prince George’s County had significantly fewer sales,” Bright MLS noted.
Prices were up, rising 3.6% to $627,000, although it took sellers a longer period of time to get from listing to ratified contract: a median of 14 days, compared to 9.
Buyer interest was down slightly year-over-year, with the 1.06 million home showings in 2025 representing a drop of 2.9% from 1.09 million in 2024.
Figures represent market activity in D.C.; in Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax in Virginia; and in Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick counties in Maryland.
Bright MLS’s Mid-Atlantic coverage area includes D.C., Delaware and portions of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, totaling about 70 localities. Across that region, sales for 2025 were essentially flat — up 0.1% to 235,565 — despite a healthy December.
For the year, the median sales price across the Mid-Atlantic was up 3.6%, to about $425,000.
December transactions were up 3.8% year over year in the broader region, but that bump in sales was not enough to offset the relatively sluggish sales throughout much of the rest of the year, analysts said.
“Price growth has been softer in markets where inventory has increased quickly, including in the Del/Mar Coastal and Suburban Maryland markets,” Sturtevant said.
Figures represent most, but not all, homes on the market. All December 2025 and year-end 2025 figures are preliminary and are subject to revision.
