DC 1 Photograph by Studio Trejo. Where: Forest Hills. Bought by: Adam W. Bellack, a partner at Goodwin, and Marisa K. Bellack, senior editor for climate and science at the Washington Post. Listed: $7,495,000. Sold: $6,855,000. Days on market: 70. Bragging points: An 1890s estate, known as the Owl’s Nest, on more than one and a half acres with eight bedrooms, five bathrooms, three half baths, three fireplaces, a recreation room, two covered porches, a lap pool, and a rear patio. 2 Where: Forest Hills. Bought by: Elaine H. Ewing, an antitrust attorney at Cleary Gottlieb, and Christopher M. Viapiano, a partner at Sullivan Cromwell. Listed: $6,995,000. Sold: $6,995,000. Days on market: 42. Bragging points: A 9,500-square-foot contemporary house with eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, three half baths, a two-story foyer, a recreation room, a billiards room, an exercise room, a loft, a rooftop deck, multiple patios, and a large yard.   Virginia 3 Photograph courtesy of Redfin. Where: McLean. Bought by: Nathan Briggs, a partner at Simpson Thacher. Listed: $6,500,000. Sold: $6,200,000. Days on market: 5. Bragging points: A stone manor with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, three half baths, seven fireplaces, a two-story foyer, a media room with tiered seating, a fitness room and sauna, a recreation room, and a pool and pool house.   4 Photograph courtesy of Redfin. Where: Great Falls. Bought by: Hansel Lee, a physician and cofounder of the music nonprofit Good Beats. Listed: $5,000,000. Sold: $4,900,000. Days on market: 64. Bragging points: An English-manor-style house on more than three and a half acres with five bedrooms, six bathrooms, two half baths, six fireplaces, an elevator, a recreation room, a pub-style game room, a conservatory, a patio, and a screened porch.   5 Where: Vienna. Bought by: Jonathan Donald Lusczakoski, a partner at the private investment firm AE Industrial Partners. Listed: $3,699,999. Sold: $3,650,000. Days on market: 128. Bragging points: A new house on more than two acres with seven bedrooms, seven and a half bathrooms, two fireplaces, a dog-washing station, a recreation room, a game room, an exercise room and sauna, a screened porch, and a four-car garage.   Maryland 6 Photograph by Home Visions Media. Where: Bethesda. Bought by: David R. Meadvin, CEO and cofounder of One Strategy Group, a career-consulting firm, and Hayley Meadvin,a partner at the communications firm Precision Strategies. Listed: $3,499,000. Sold: $3,300,000. Days on market: 143. Bragging points:A custom-built house with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two half baths, two fireplaces, two staircases, a library, a recreation room, multiple porches, and a three-car garage. 7 Where: Potomac. Bought by: Hsiang Ru Huang and Tim Wei, founders of TTW Solutions, an IT-and-management consulting firm. Listed: $3,150,000. Sold: $3,250,000. Days on market: 7. Bragging points: A Colonial-style estate with seven bedrooms, seven and a half bathrooms, three fireplaces, a two-story foyer, a home theater, a bar-and-game area, a fitness room, a guest suite, a saltwater pool, and a fenced backyard. This article appears in the March 2026 issue of Washingtonian. The post 7 Luxury Home Sales in the Washington Area—and Who Bought and Sold Them first appeared on Washingtonian. ...read more read less