DC
1
Where: Forest Hills.
Bought by: Adam W. Bellack, a partner at Goodwin, and Marisa K. Bellack, senior editor for climate and science at the Washington Post.
Listed: $7,495,000.
Sold: $6,855,000.
Days on market: 70.
Bragging points: An 1890s estate, known as the Owl’s Nest, on more than one and a half acres with eight bedrooms, five bathrooms, three half baths, three fireplaces, a recreation room, two covered porches, a lap pool, and a rear patio.
2
Where: Forest Hills.
Bought by: Elaine H. Ewing, an antitrust attorney at Cleary Gottlieb, and Christopher M. Viapiano, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell.
Listed: $6,995,000.
Sold: $6,995,000.
Days on market: 42.
Bragging points: A 9,500-square-foot contemporary house with eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, three half baths, a two-story foyer, a recreation room, a billiards room, an exercise room, a loft, a rooftop deck, multiple patios, and a large yard.
Virginia
3
Where: McLean.
Bought by: Nathan Briggs, a partner at Simpson Thacher.
Listed: $6,500,000.
Sold: $6,200,000.
Days on market: 5.
Bragging points: A stone manor with six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, three half baths, seven fireplaces, a two-story foyer, a media room with tiered seating, a fitness room and sauna, a recreation room, and a pool and pool house.
4
Where: Great Falls.
Bought by: Hansel Lee, a physician and cofounder of the music nonprofit Good Beats.
Listed: $5,000,000.
Sold: $4,900,000.
Days on market: 64.
Bragging points: An English-manor-style house on more than three and a half acres with five bedrooms, six bathrooms, two half baths, six fireplaces, an elevator, a recreation room, a pub-style game room, a conservatory, a patio, and a screened porch.
5
Where: Vienna.
Bought by: Jonathan Donald Lusczakoski, a partner at the private investment firm AE Industrial Partners.
Listed: $3,699,999.
Sold: $3,650,000.
Days on market: 128.
Bragging points: A new house on more than two acres with seven bedrooms, seven and a half bathrooms, two fireplaces, a dog-washing station, a recreation room, a game room, an exercise room and sauna, a screened porch, and a four-car garage.
Maryland
6
Where: Bethesda.
Bought by: David R. Meadvin, CEO and cofounder of One Strategy Group, a career-consulting firm, and Hayley Meadvin,a partner at the communications firm Precision Strategies.
Listed: $3,499,000.
Sold: $3,300,000.
Days on market: 143.
Bragging points:A custom-built house with five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two half baths, two fireplaces, two staircases, a library, a recreation room, multiple porches, and a three-car garage.
7
Where: Potomac.
Bought by: Hsiang Ru Huang and Tim Wei, founders of TTW Solutions, an IT-and-management consulting firm.
Listed: $3,150,000.
Sold: $3,250,000.
Days on market: 7.
Bragging points: A Colonial-style estate with seven bedrooms, seven and a half bathrooms, three fireplaces, a two-story foyer, a home theater, a bar-and-game area, a fitness room, a guest suite, a saltwater pool, and a fenced backyard.
This article appears in the March 2026 issue of Washingtonian.
