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The definitive guide to Bethesda neighborhoods, DC-area communities, mid-century modern homes, and local market insight.
The Guide · Contents
Three chapters cover the market end to end. Start anywhere — each stands on its own and opens into a full resource.
Explore the individual neighborhoods, housing styles, architecture, and market character that make up Bethesda.
Explore the chapter →Explore Potomac, Chevy Chase, North Bethesda, Arlington, McLean, Great Falls, Northwest DC, and the surrounding region.
Explore the chapter →A dedicated guide to the Washington region’s architecturally significant mid-century modern communities.
Explore the chapter →Bethesda isn’t one market but several — downtown condos near the Metro, the estates of Bradley Hills, the architect-designed mid-century modern streets of Carderock Springs — each moving on its own terms, street to street.
This guide brings them together. The neighborhood-level detail, the current market data, the architecture that shapes value, and the listings themselves live in one place and stay current — a single, continuously evolving reference rather than a scattering of pages. It’s built so that wherever you begin, the next answer is already here.
It’s written and kept current by Pey Behin, a Bethesda real estate agent who works the way an analyst does — reading the data, tracking each neighborhood, and turning it into clear guidance for buyers and sellers. Begin with the neighborhood guides or the mid-century modern chapter.
Not generic area pages, but a working reference to Bethesda’s individual neighborhoods. Each guide covers housing, location, market character, architecture, and the details that distinguish one part of Bethesda from another.
@Bethesda is centered on Bethesda, but the work extends across the Washington region. Explore detailed guides to Potomac, Chevy Chase, North Bethesda, Arlington, McLean, Great Falls, Northwest Washington, and the other communities where Pey works.
Each guide covers location, housing, market character, current homes for sale, and the details buyers and sellers need to understand before making a move.
Bethesda holds one of the Washington area’s richest concentrations of mid-century modern homes — from the architect-planned streets of Carderock Springs to examples scattered through Bannockburn and Bradley Hills. For design-minded buyers these houses form their own market, with distinct pricing, preservation questions, and demand.
This chapter is the reference for it: where the homes are, what shapes their value, and how a well-kept example should be brought to market.
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The median sold price in Bethesda is roughly $1.4M (2025, ZIP 20816), up about 5.86% year over year, while the current median list price runs higher. Prices vary widely by neighborhood and home type, from Metro-close condos to multimillion-dollar estates.
The largest concentration is Carderock Springs, an architect-planned mid-century modern community, with additional examples in Bannockburn and Bradley Hills. These homes carry their own pricing dynamics and buyer pool.
It depends on what you are weighing: schools (Chevy Chase), walkability and dining (Downtown Bethesda), space and privacy (Potomac), or transit and new development (North Bethesda). Each neighborhood guide compares prices, inventory, schools, and home styles.
Bethesda remains an in-demand, seller-leaning market with tight inventory in its most sought-after neighborhoods. Conditions shift week to week, so it is worth reviewing current list prices, days on market, and inventory before you act.
Request a valuation built from current Bethesda and Montgomery County comparables and live micro-market data: a defensible number grounded in recent sales, not an automated estimate.
Bethesda is served by some of Maryland's top-rated public schools, including the Walt Whitman and Bethesda-Chevy Chase clusters. Because school assignment drives value, each neighborhood guide notes the schools a community feeds into.
Well-priced homes in desirable neighborhoods often move quickly, while higher price points and unique properties can take longer. Days on market shift by season and segment, so ask for the latest figures for your price range.
Bethesda's high end, including architect-built estates in Bradley Hills and Edgemoor, new construction on rare in-town lots, and trophy properties, often trades partly off-market, with value driven by land, provenance, and finish as much as square footage.
Bethesda sits in Montgomery County, where property tax runs roughly 0.95% of assessed value, though the exact rate and any municipal additions depend on the specific location.
You are not required to, but a local agent who follows each Bethesda neighborhood closely helps you price correctly, surface off-market opportunities, and negotiate, often saving more than the cost in a competitive market.
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