The median home in Brightwood, Virginia is valued at $401,932, up 4.5% year over year. Brightwood is part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.

Home Value$401,932

+4.5%

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$80,386 on $401,932

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Out of reach39% of income

Need $104,571/yr to afford.

PITI$2,440

P/I39%

Afford$288K

Gap-$114K

P&I $2,032Tax $275Ins $133

6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + VA ins. 28% per HUD.

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Other cities in Virginia

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Great Falls$1.63M McLean$1.42M Waterford$1.28M Dunn Loring$1.19M Upperville$1.14M Vienna$1.13M Middleburg$1.11M Aldie$1.08M

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