Montgomery County, MD
Homes for Sale in Montgomery County, MD — with an agent who actually knows it.
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$639,540
Median Sold Price (August 2026, +3.3% YoY)
18 days
Median Days on Market (August 2026)
2,023
Active Listings (+18.3% YoY, August 2026)
Source: Bright MLS, August 2026, Montgomery County, MD — full breakdown in the August 2026 Montgomery County market report. Closed sales 779 (−8.1%), new listings 783 (−2.9%), showings 16,981 (−6.3%).
City Guides
Where in Montgomery County?
Bethesda →
Niche A+ suburb, ~$1.39M median home value, Whitman cluster, downtown on the Red Line.
Rockville →
County seat with two Red Line stops, ~$608K Niche median, Town Center condos to Fallsmead colonials.
Silver Spring →
Urban-suburban mix on the Red Line and future Purple Line, arts district, deep townhome inventory.
Gaithersburg →
Kentlands, Crown, and Lakelands — new-urbanist planning near the I-270 tech corridor.
Germantown →
The county's newest housing stock and one of its most affordable single-family and townhome markets.
Potomac →
Estate lots along River Road and Avenel; ~$1.34M North Potomac median, Churchill and Wootton clusters.
Wheaton →
Red Line access, mid-century single-family value, and one of the best food corridors in the county.
Washington, DC →
Licensed in DC too — the region's most balanced market at 4.91 months of supply (August 2026).
City median home values are Niche.com figures from the 2026 top-10 places to live ranking; the DC supply figure is from the August 2026 DC report.
Market Read
What August 2026 means if you are buying
The best buyer month since 2022
Active listings reached 2,023 in August 2026, up 18.3% year over year, with months of supply at 2.47. Buyers who had three options in a school cluster in April now have four or five — and the inspection contingency is back on the table.
Still a seller's market underneath
Balanced is 4–6 months of supply; the county is at 2.47. Priced-right homes still go under contract in a weekend. The change is that aspirational list prices are no longer forgiven the way they were in spring.
Segment matters more than the county number
Regionally, detached single-family is the strongest segment (2.23 months of supply, 11 days). Condos are the softest: 30 days on market, 4.21 months of supply, prices −1.6% YoY. I price and negotiate to your segment, not the headline.
Tracking the metro almost exactly
Montgomery County's $639,540 median sits within $500 of the DC Metro's $640,000, and its 18-day marketing time is a day faster than the metro's 19. After outperforming all spring, tracking the average is itself the story.
One more thing the county number hides: the −0.6% year-over-year print is almost certainly mix, not depreciation. Closed sales fell only 0.4%, but fewer $1M+ homes in Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac settled in July, which drags the median down even when no individual house lost value. That is why I price your offer against the last 60 days of comparables in your specific cluster and property type, never against a county-wide headline.
Regionally the picture is affordability-driven: Prince George's, the most affordable jurisdiction in the metro, was the only one to gain showings in August 2026 (+2.4%), while Alexandria (−24.9%), Arlington (−11.6%), and DC (−10.6%) lost them. Montgomery County sits in the middle on price and, accordingly, in the middle on demand (showings −6.3%, new pendings −15.8%). Bright MLS reads that as discretionary buyers stepping back while rates stay elevated — which means the buyers still out looking have a real reason to move, and sellers know it. That is the environment where a well-structured offer, not just the highest one, wins.
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