Neighborhoods

Buying Under $700K in Montgomery County's Top-Rated School Clusters (2026): Where I Send Buyers, and What They Give Up

A $700K budget and a top-rated MCPS cluster don't have to be mutually exclusive. Where I actually send buyers in 2026 — Wootton-cluster townhomes, Poolesville single-families — and the honest trade-offs on size, age, and commute.