Maryland
1
Where: Potomac.
Bought by: Borzou K. Biabani, owner of the Biabani Group, a commercial real-estate investment firm.
Listed: $3,995,000.
Sold: $4,000,000.
Days on market: 11.
Bragging points: Known as Casa de Amor, the 13,450-square-foot Spanish-style estate has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, three half baths, a two-story great room, a 50-foot-long indoor pool, an observation tower with a glass elevator, a motor court with a fountain, and a gazebo.
2
Where: Chevy Chase.
Bought by: Andrew L. Baine, an engineer at the blockchain infrastructure platform Bison Trails, and Jennifer G. Baine, a managing director at the investment firm Golden Seeds.
Listed: $5,350,000.
Sold: $4,750,000.
Days on market: 33.
Bragging points: A renovated century-old Colonial with a four-story addition and five bedrooms, three bathrooms, two half baths, a rec room, a workout room, and a backyard with a deck and a garden wall.
3
Where: Chevy Chase.
Sold by: William F. Magner III, a commercial real-estate investor, and Maria J. Magner.
Listed: $3,975,000.
Sold: $3,725,000.
Days on market: 60.
Bragging points:A 1940s Colonial with five bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, three fireplaces, a rec room, a flagstone patio, and a grass terrace.
DC
4
Where: Georgetown.
Sold by: May Gardner Wilson, a designer at Edith Gregson Interiors, and Charles K. Wilson II.
Listed: $5,000,000.
Sold: $5,000,000.
Days on market: 2.
Bragging points:A renovated 1900 Federal-style house with four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, a family room with a wet bar and media center, a fitness room, and a carriage house.
5
Where: Dupont Circle.
Sold by: Donald E. Graham, former publisher of the Washington Post.
Listed: $3,200,000.
Sold: $3,050,000.
Days on market: 58.
Bragging points: An 1896 Tudor-style townhouse with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, six fireplaces, and a library.
Virginia
6
Where: McLean.
Bought by: Embassy of the United Arab Emirates.
Listed: $29,990,000.
Sold: $27,508,500.
Days on market: 1.
Bragging points: A recently constructed 21,800-square-foot estate on more than five acres with six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, four half baths, seven fireplaces, a home theater, a glass-enclosed wine cellar concealing a safe room, a heated marble pool, a fire-pit lounge, a pool house, and two double-height four-car garages.
7
Where: McLean.
Bought by: Allison Anne Haupt, a pediatrician.
Listed: $3,280,000.
Sold: $3,150,000
Days on market: 67.
Bragging points: A three-story French-style manor with five bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, a gym, a saltwater spa, a screened flagstone patio, and a two-level backyard with a treehouse and a 40-foot-long zipline.
This article appears in the December 2025 issue of Washingtonian.
