District Heights, MD Homes For Sale
Those looking for truly affordable homes for sale within a mile of Washington, DC, should check out District Heights real estate for sale in Maryland. Home to about 6,000 residents and covering less than a square mile, this vibrant little community has a wide variety of properties, including condos for sale. It also offers a surprisingly large inventory, including foreclosures and short sales.
Once fertile farmland dating back to the original Lord Baltimore, this mildly hilly region was platted for residential development in the early 1900s with a few homes for sale, plus a water tower, grocery story and other simple village necessities. It became incorporated as a city—albeit a very small one—in 1936, and development continued to bubble along at a leisurely pace.
Named District Heights for an obvious reason—an elevated view of neighboring DC—this community is part of Prince George’s County and took a solid hit when real estate values plunged in the mid-2000s. The result has been great news for home buyers, but not so much so for sellers in the area. For more information about District Heights, MD homes for sale, check out the active listings below.
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More About the District Heights Real Estate Market
About 60 percent of all District Heights, MD properties are detached single-family homes, with condos for sale making up the rest. Prices start at a little over $100,000 for condos, townhouses and single-family homes for sale, and don’t generally rise about $300,000, except for rare occasions involving extra acreage.
The end result of all this, is an extraordinarily narrow band of real estate prices. Homes and condos for sale in District Heights offer some of the best deals for bargain hunters and investors anywhere in the region. Architectural styles include Colonial, Cape, Craftsman bungalows, Ramblers and Split-levels.
Also worth noting are the local amenities, including a Safeway, Giant, Starbucks, Planet Fitness, locally-owned restaurants and cafes, and a cool indie bookstore known as The Literary Joint which regularly hosts author events. For those seeking diamonds in the rough in the very low six figures, District Heights is well-worth investigating. It even has its own Metro station.
