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August 21, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Potomac, MD Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Potomac: a median closing price of $1,267,500 across 222 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Potomac, MD Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Potomac, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Potomac sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 222
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $1,267,500
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $368
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $1,010,000 and $1,700,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 222 closed sales in Potomac over the last six months, with a median closing price of $1,267,500. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,010,000 and $1,700,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 222 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $331 and $414 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Potomac, MD (October 2026)

The median home price in Potomac is $1,267,500, measured across the 222 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $1,010,000 and $1,700,000.

Where Potomac sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Potomac
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $1.01M to $1.7M
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$750k to $1.15M: 68 sales68sales$750k$1.15M to $1.54M: 63 sales$1.54M to $1.94M: 31 sales$1.54M$1.94M to $2.34M: 12 sales$2.34M to $2.74M: 10 sales$2.34MMedian $1.27M

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Potomac over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $1,010,000 and $1,700,000. Among the 40 Maryland markets with a published band, Potomac's middle-half spread ($1,010,000 to $1,700,000) ranks 22nd from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Potomac monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $353 per square foot across 60 sales$353MayJun 2026: $373 per square foot across 41 sales$373JunJul 2026: $371 per square foot across 29 sales$371JulAug 2026: $382 per square foot across 27 sales$382AugSep 2026: $350 per square foot across 18 sales$350Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 18 days, across 101 Potomac closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 24 days, across 95 Potomac closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 222 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Potomac angle

Ordinary figures on both measures still support a careful valuation, and that is the position Potomac is in. So use the conventional sequence rather than a defensive one. $1,267,500 locates the city. A comp set filtered to the subject's property type and a defined size range produces the estimate. The sample supports that filtering without collapsing, so there is no reason to let the citywide figure stand in for real comparables once you have them. Watch the shape of the band while you assemble that set. The upper half spans more dollars than the lower half, so sales above $1,267,500 are drawn from a broader stretch than sales an equal step below. If your comps cluster high, the estimate carries more of the city's dispersion, and saying so is part of reporting the number honestly.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Potomac address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Potomac, MD
Geography: Census-designated place, not an incorporated municipality, Census place 2463300
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 222
Median sold price: $1,267,500
Median sold $/sqft: $368 (222 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Potomac over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track across the Potomac Census-designated area are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 17% of the 222 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $1,288,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Potomac?

The median sold price in Potomac over the last 6 months is $1,267,500, measured across 222 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Potomac last month?

Resideline has tracked 18 closed sales in Potomac in September 2026 so far, out of 222 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Potomac?

The middle half of Potomac sales over the last six months closed between $1,010,000 and $1,700,000, with a median of $1,267,500.

What is the typical price per square foot in Potomac?

Among qualifying Potomac closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $368, measured across 222 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

What does the Potomac data support when checking an estimate?

A straightforward comparison. If it lands high, note that the upper half of the band spans more dollars than the lower half, so that placement carries extra dispersion into the result and is worth stating alongside the number.

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