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McLean’s 22101 ZIP code recorded the highest number of luxury-home sales in the Bright MLS service region during the second quarter of 2026, according to Bright MLS data.

The ZIP code recorded 76 luxury sales out of 144 total sales from April 1 through June 30. Vienna’s 22180 ZIP code ranked fifth, with 42 luxury sales out of 107 total sales.

Bright MLS defines luxury homes as properties in the top 5% of sales prices within the applicable metropolitan area or geographic corridor. In the D.C. metropolitan area, the minimum price threshold for a luxury sale during the quarter was $1.9 million. That threshold rose 5.6% from a year earlier.

The D.C. metro area recorded 767 luxury sales during the quarter, a 4.5% increase year over year. Across the broader Bright MLS region—which includes all of Washington, D.C., and Delaware, along with portions of Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania—3,256 homes sold within the top 5% of sales prices, up 1.8% from the same quarter last year.

The market’s sales growth came as luxury inventory tightened. There were 917 luxury-level homes listed across the D.C. metro region at the end of the quarter, down 18.6% from a year earlier.

“The luxury market has been stronger than the overall Mid-Atlantic market, as high-income buyers are less sensitive to elevated mortgage rates and benefit from greater economic security,” Lisa Sturtevant, Bright MLS’s chief economist, said.

Sturtevant said sales could have been higher if more homes had been available. “Luxury sales would be even higher still, except that high-end buyers are finding very little inventory,” she said.

Two McLean transactions ranked among the quarter’s notable sales. The Potomac River estate at 1169 Crest Lane sold for $12.845 million on April 14, making it the highest-priced sale recorded across Bright MLS during the quarter. The neighboring property at 1175 Crest Lane sold for $12.45 million 10 days later.

Luxury homes also moved more quickly than properties overall. Luxury-category homes had a median of seven days between listing and a ratified sales contract, compared with 10 days for all properties. Luxury buyers paid entirely in cash in 33.6% of Mid-Atlantic luxury sales during the quarter.

“Luxury buyers, on the other hand, are far less dependent on traditional financing and can act quickly when they are ready to buy, meaning luxury listings are absorbed more quickly,” Sturtevant said.