Median sale price
$1,277,500
All homes, 572 sales
−3.6% vs. the 12 months before
Potomac, Montgomery County
Potomac housing market
Home sales and prices in Potomac, from Maryland’s property records. Sales recorded through . This page checks for new state records every week.
Last 12 months
August 2025 to July 2026
Homes sold
572
523 in the 12 months before
Median price per sq ft
$460
$470 in the 12 months before
Detached houses
$1,358,000
Median, 447 sales
From August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026, 572 homes sold in Potomac at a median price of $1,277,500, down 3.6% from the 12 months before.
| Home type | Sales | Median price | Price per sq ft | Median vs. a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | 572 | $1,277,500 | $460 | −3.6% |
| Detached houses | 447 | $1,358,000 | $453 | −3.0% |
| Townhouses | 95 | $899,000 | $468 | −8.2% |
| Condos | 18 | $942,500 | $641 | −20.0% |
By month
The latest months
Arms-length sales of improved residential property recorded by the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT). The state adds deeds to its file in batches every few weeks, so a sale appears three to eight weeks after closing. A month is provisional until the first day of the third month after it, when its figures are frozen and published as a final snapshot.
July 2026
In July 2026, 50 homes sold in Potomac at a median price of $1,195,000, 4.4% lower than a year earlier ($1,250,000). Detached houses, 44 of those sales, had a median of $1,290,000, or $464 per square foot of living area. These figures will move as more deeds are recorded. They are frozen as a final report once the state’s records reach the end of August 2026.
| Home type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Price per sq ft | Median vs. a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | 50 | $1,195,000 | $1.03M–$2M | $468 | −4.4% |
| Detached houses | 44 | $1,290,000 | $1.07M–$2.13M | $464 | −13.6% |
| Townhouses | 4 | Too few sales | – | – | – |
| Condos | 2 | Too few sales | – | – | – |
June 2026
In June 2026, 70 homes sold in Potomac at a median price of $1,291,200, 2.6% lower than a year earlier ($1,325,000). Detached houses, 53 of those sales, had a median of $1,358,000, or $489 per square foot of living area.
| Home type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Price per sq ft | Median vs. a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | 70 | $1,291,200 | $1.06M–$1.69M | $488 | −2.6% |
| Detached houses | 53 | $1,358,000 | $1.17M–$1.78M | $489 | −1.1% |
| Townhouses | 15 | $900,000 | $710K–$1.16M | $470 | +10.4% |
| Condos | 2 | Too few sales | – | – | – |
May 2026
In May 2026, 60 homes sold in Potomac at a median price of $1,293,000, 8.3% lower than a year earlier ($1,410,000). Detached houses, 44 of those sales, had a median of $1,387,500, or $446 per square foot of living area.
| Home type | Sales | Median price | Middle half | Price per sq ft | Median vs. a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All homes | 60 | $1,293,000 | $1.02M–$1.78M | $456 | −8.3% |
| Detached houses | 44 | $1,387,500 | $1.18M–$1.84M | $446 | −2.6% |
| Townhouses | 12 | $1,010,000 | $881K–$1.27M | $474 | – |
| Condos | 2 | Too few sales | – | – | – |
Year by year
2016 to 2025
The median price of a home sold in Potomac went from $835,000 in 2016 to $1,297,500 in 2025, a change of +55.4%.
| Year | Homes sold | Median price | vs. year before | Detached median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 526 | $1,297,500 | −2.8% | $1,359,200 |
| 2024 | 491 | $1,335,000 | +6.7% | $1,400,000 |
| 2023 | 456 | $1,251,000 | +0.9% | $1,340,000 |
| 2022 | 633 | $1,240,000 | +14.8% | $1,300,000 |
| 2021 | 937 | $1,080,000 | +16.8% | $1,169,500 |
| 2020 | 697 | $925,000 | +3.4% | $979,000 |
| 2019 | 606 | $895,000 | −0.6% | $932,000 |
| 2018 | 640 | $900,000 | +1.4% | $939,000 |
| 2017 | 584 | $887,500 | +6.3% | $939,200 |
| 2016 | 589 | $835,000 | – | $890,000 |
House and lot
What sets one house’s price apart
Among detached houses sold in Potomac from August 2023 to July 2026, holding the other characteristics in the table equal, 10% more living area went with a 4.3% higher sale price and 10% more land went with a 0.3% higher sale price. A basement made no clear difference to price. Being on a corner made no clear difference to price.
Each figure compares otherwise similar houses: living area, lot size, year built, quality grade, stories, basement, corner lot, ZIP code, sale quarter held equal. It is based on 1,070 sales; the model explains 81% of the variation in price. It describes past sales and is not an appraisal or an estimate for any one house.
All comparisons
| Characteristic | Value | Price difference | 95% range | Compared with |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size | 10% more living area | +4.3% | +3.8% to +4.9% | |
| Size | 10% more land | +0.3% | +0.2% to +0.5% | |
| Year built | 1960s | −5.1% | −13.8% to +4.5% | vs. 1950s |
| Year built | 1970s | −1.5% | −10.5% to +8.4% | vs. 1950s |
| Year built | 1980s | −0.5% | −9.5% to +9.4% | vs. 1950s |
| Year built | 1990s | +3.8% | −6.0% to +14.7% | vs. 1950s |
| Year built | 2000s | +2.6% | −7.7% to +14.1% | vs. 1950s |
| Quality grade | Grade 5 | +9.4% | +5.8% to +13.0% | vs. Grade 4 |
| Quality grade | Grade 6 | +21.8% | +16.6% to +27.2% | vs. Grade 4 |
| Quality grade | Grade 7 | +31.7% | +24.5% to +39.4% | vs. Grade 4 |
| Quality grade | Grade 8 | +43.3% | +31.3% to +56.5% | vs. Grade 4 |
| Quality grade | Grade 9 | +65.9% | +51.7% to +81.3% | vs. Grade 4 |
| Stories | 1 | +4.6% | +0.8% to +8.5% | vs. 2 |
| Stories | 1.5 | +3.5% | −1.5% to +8.7% | vs. 2 |
| Basement | Basement | +1.1% | −2.2% to +4.4% | vs. No basement |
| Corner lot | Corner lot | −0.6% | −3.0% to +1.9% | vs. Interior lot |
Land
The typical detached house in Potomac
Across the 14,250 detached houses on the tax roll, the typical one has 3,023 square feet of living area on a 15,330 sq ft lot and was built in 1974. The land is 40% of its assessed value (countywide, 41%), assessed at $30.30 per square foot of lot against $26.50 countywide.
Archive
Final monthly reports for Potomac
Each is frozen when its month closes, with its figures as a CSV.
- June 2026 $1,291,200 median, 70 sales
- May 2026 $1,293,000 median, 60 sales
- April 2026 $1,310,000 median, 70 sales
- March 2026 $1,231,200 median, 42 sales
- February 2026 $1,360,000 median, 32 sales
- January 2026 $1,361,000 median, 37 sales
- December 2025 $1,280,000 median, 49 sales
- November 2025 $1,200,000 median, 29 sales
- October 2025 $1,310,000 median, 46 sales
- September 2025 $1,180,000 median, 42 sales
- August 2025 $1,200,000 median, 45 sales
- July 2025 $1,250,000 median, 46 sales
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