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Leesburg, Virginia
The Loudoun County seat, where 433 houses sold in 2026 and nearly one in five was brand new.
At a glance
Six numbers that describe Leesburg.
The median single-family home in Leesburg sold for $1,140,000 in 2026 and went under contract in six days, and 46% sold above the asking price.
Leesburg is the Loudoun County seat and an incorporated town with its own real estate tax. A "Leesburg, VA" address covers more than the town: zips 20175 and 20176 also take in Lansdowne, River Creek and county land around the town, where the town tax does not apply. This page covers the whole Leesburg mailing area: what a house or townhouse costs, how buyers pay, what it rents for, which high school it feeds, the commute, and which addresses pay the town tax. Every number is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled on October 2, 2026, not from a listing site's estimate.
All sales were in zips 20175 and 20176: 170 houses and 100 townhouses in 20175, 263 houses and 154 townhouses in 20176. Single-family means a detached house with at least three bedrooms and two full baths; townhouse means end-of-row and interior-row homes; condominium-regime homes are left out of both. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales January 1 to October 2, 2026, Postal City = Leesburg, County = Loudoun, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 2, 2026.
Prices
$1,140,000 for a Leesburg house in 2026, and $700,000 for a townhouse.
The median Leesburg house cost $46,700 less than in Ashburn ($1,186,700) and $360,000 more than in Sterling ($780,000), and it bought a big house: five bedrooms and about 4,200 square feet.
Houses. 433 houses sold, from $452,000 to $6,500,000, 170 of them in 20175 and 263 in 20176. 46% sold above asking and 55% went under contract within a week, about the same share over asking as South Riding (44%) and well below the Fairfax side of Chantilly (67%).
Townhouses. 254 sold at a median of $700,000, from $300,000 to $1,555,000. That is less than Ashburn ($740,000) or Brambleton ($840,000) and more than Sterling ($592,500). 37% sold above asking.
Against the county. Leesburg ties the Loudoun side of Chantilly, mostly South Riding, at $1,140,000. Aldie ($1,348,862), Brambleton ($1,204,938), Hamilton ($1,200,000) and Ashburn ($1,186,700) cost more; Broadlands ($1,127,180), Purcellville ($920,000), Round Hill and Lovettsville ($850,000) and Sterling ($780,000) cost less.
Median single-family sale price, Loudoun County, 20262
Bright MLS closed sales, 2026 year to date, County = Loudoun, filtered to detached houses with 3+ bedrooms and 2+ full baths, condominium-regime homes left out. Brambleton and Broadlands are their own postal cities, so Ashburn here leaves them out. South Riding (20152) is the Loudoun side of the Chantilly mailing address, nearly all of it South Riding. Hamilton, Purcellville, Round Hill, Lovettsville, Waterford and Middleburg are western Loudoun; Middleburg means the Loudoun County side of its address only. Lansdowne and Cascades are communities selected by zip code and subdivision name inside the Leesburg (20176) and Sterling (20165) addresses, so their sales overlap those rows. Upperville, Bluemont, Hillsboro and the other small places have too few sales to chart.
| Measure | Houses | Townhouses |
|---|---|---|
| Homes sold | 433 | 254 |
| Median sold price | $1,140,000 | $700,000 |
| Average sold price | $1,231,180 | $725,224 |
| Median price per square foot | $373 | $314 |
| Median days to contract | 6 | 7.5 |
| Median sold-to-list | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Sold above asking | 197 (45.5%) | 95 (37.4%) |
| Under contract within 7 days | 54.7% | 50.0% |
| Lowest sale | $452,000 | $300,000 |
| Highest sale | $6,500,000 | $1,555,000 |
| Cash sales | 57 (13.2%) | 26 (10.2%) |
23 houses closed above 115% of the list price, and 19 of them were new construction where the buyer added upgrades after the builder listed the base price, for example $1,808,636 on a $1,494,990 list. They are not bidding wars. They lift the average sold-to-list to 101.6%; the median, 100.0%, is the better number. The top sale, $6,500,000, was paid with cash and a conventional loan.
What can you afford in Leesburg? Start from the monthly payment you can live with, not the price. Inside the town limits you pay the town's real estate tax on top of the county's, and most newer neighborhoods have an HOA; the calculator adds them for you.
Follow the money
57 of 433 house buyers paid cash, and the share climbs with the price.
In 2026, cash buyers spent $74.4 million of the $533.1 million paid for Leesburg houses, 14.0% of the dollars. Their median house was $1,250,000 against $1,106,812 financed.
Share of house sales paid in cash, by price
The cash share more than doubles from the cheapest quarter of sales to the dearest. Overall, 13.2% of Leesburg houses sold for cash, the same as Sterling, less than Ashburn (16.9%) and far more than Brambleton (4.8%) or Broadlands (2.2%). Townhouses follow the same pattern: 11 of the 66 townhouses at $825,000 and up sold for cash.
How 433 Leesburg house purchases were paid for
About one house buyer in ten used a VA loan, 45 of 433. The other small loans were 9 FHA, 3 other, 2 adjustable-rate and 1 mixed cash-and-loan deal.
What that means if you need a loan: under $900,000 you will rarely meet a cash offer, 9 of 107 sales. Above $1.35 million nearly one buyer in five pays cash, so a financed offer there needs a full pre-approval, a short inspection window and an appraisal-gap plan you decided before the open house. On a builder's new house, ask what the builder will pay toward closing and what it asks in return.
Townhouses: 192 conventional, 26 cash, 21 VA, 13 FHA and 2 other of 254; the cash median townhouse was $744,000 against $700,000 financed. Mixed cash-and-loan deals were counted as financed.
The interesting facts
76 of the 433 houses sold were builder sales, on the market a day or less.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Leesburg apart.
Check the town line, not the zip. The Town of Leesburg adds its own real estate tax, but many Leesburg addresses are outside the town, including Lansdowne and River Creek. Both zips have addresses on each side of the line, so the zip does not tell you; the tax record does.
Read the over-asking number carefully. 46% of houses sold above asking, but 19 of the 23 sales above 115% of list were new houses where the buyer paid for upgrades after the base price was listed. Across all houses the median sold-to-list was 100.0%, the asking price.
Renting? Townhomes are the rental market: 163 were rented in 2026 at a median of $3,250, against 55 houses at $4,250.
Rent or buy
A Leesburg house sells for 22.4 times its yearly rent, a townhouse for 17.9.
A Leesburg house rents for a median of $4,250 a month and sells for $1,140,000, a price-to-rent ratio of 22.4; a townhome rents for $3,250 and sells for $700,000, a ratio of 17.9.1
| Measure | Houses | Townhomes |
|---|---|---|
| Homes rented | 55 | 163 |
| Median monthly rent | $4,250 | $3,250 |
| Average monthly rent | $4,587 | $3,302 |
| Gross rental yield | 4.5% | 5.6% |
| Rent range | $2,800 to $12,000 | $2,025 to $5,650 |
Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and upkeep. A ratio above 20 means a house rents cheaply for what it costs, so renting a Leesburg house is fair value for a family that may move within a few years, a little more so than on the Loudoun side of Chantilly (21.1). A townhouse at 17.9 pays off sooner if you plan to stay. The $12,000 house lease was an estate home; it lifts the average, not the median.
Own in Leesburg already? Nearly half the houses sold above asking this year, and builder sales pull the averages up. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the 687 sales on this page, resales against resales, not a website estimate.
The houses
A historic downtown, River Creek's 1,132 homes on the Potomac, and new subdivisions.
The town grew out from the courthouse on King and Market streets; Lansdowne and River Creek, east along Route 7, have Leesburg addresses but sit outside the town.
Downtown and the historic district. The streets around the courthouse hold the oldest houses in town, brick and frame homes from the 1700s and 1800s. Inside the historic district, changes to the outside of a house go through the town's Board of Architectural Review, so ask before you plan an addition or new windows.
The rest of the town. Beyond downtown, most of Leesburg is subdivisions of colonials and townhouses with HOAs, on both sides of the Route 15 and Route 7 bypasses. These addresses pay the town tax.
River Creek and Lansdowne (20176). River Creek is a gated country-club community of about 1,132 homes on more than 600 acres along the Potomac, built from 1997 to 2008, with houses, townhomes and patio homes. Lansdowne next door has a 45-hole golf club and Lansdowne Resort. Both are outside the town limits and pay only the county tax. Lansdowne has its own page: 46 houses sold there in 2026 at a median of $1,350,000.
New construction. 76 houses and 31 townhouses were builder sales in 2026, with a median new house of $1.24 million. Ask for the base price, what is included, what the upgrades cost, the warranty, and whether the lot is inside the town.
What to check. Whether the address is inside the town on the tax record; the HOA resale package with dues and any special assessment; the roof, windows and HVAC on an older house; and traffic noise on lots that back onto the bypasses.
Schools
Four LCPS high schools serve Leesburg addresses, led by Riverside at #26 in Virginia.
All of Leesburg is Loudoun County Public Schools, inside the town or out. Most addresses feed Loudoun County High, Heritage High or Tuscarora High, and Lansdowne feeds Riverside High.3
A+
Riverside High School
On a Lansdowne campus with a Leesburg address. Niche #5 in Loudoun County and #11 in Virginia, US News #26 in Virginia, about 1,700 students.
A
Heritage High School
Niche #9 in Loudoun County and #41 in Virginia, US News #96 in Virginia, about 1,500 students and 11 students per teacher.
A-
Loudoun County High School
In the town of Leesburg. Niche #59 in Virginia and US News #82 in Virginia.
B+
Tuscarora High School
Niche #16 in Loudoun County and US News #124 in Virginia.
STEM
Academies of Loudoun
On Loudoun Academy Drive in Leesburg since 2018: the Academy of Science, the Academy of Engineering and Technology and Monroe Advanced Technical Academy on one 119-acre campus.
Masjid
ADAMS Leesburg
On Sycolin Road, formerly the Muslim Community Center of Leesburg, with all five daily prayers and two Friday prayers.
Masjid
Loudoun Islamic Center
On Dodona Terrace SE, a Sunni masjid that serves English-speaking Muslims.
Halal
Eastern World Market
On East Market Street, a halal butcher and grocery with food from the Middle East, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and Bosnia.
The town line has nothing to do with school assignment: LCPS draws its boundaries by address across the county. Check any address at the LCPS school locator, and ask Ahmed to confirm it before you offer.
Commute
The Greenway to Dulles, the Silver Line at Ashburn, and commuter buses to DC.
Leesburg sits at the west end of the Dulles Greenway, a private toll road to Dulles Airport and the Toll Road; Route 7 is the free way east. The Silver Line's Ashburn station is the nearest Metro, and the Leesburg Park and Ride on Gourley Transit Drive has weekday commuter buses to Rosslyn, Crystal City, the Pentagon and downtown DC.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 60 to 95 min | Greenway, Toll Road and I-66, or the commuter bus |
| Pentagon | 55 to 85 min | Greenway and Toll Road to I-66, or the commuter bus |
| Tysons | 35 to 55 min | Greenway and Toll Road, or Route 7 |
| Ashburn Metro station | 15 to 25 min | Dulles Greenway east |
| Dulles Airport | 20 to 30 min | Dulles Greenway |
Loudoun County Transit runs the commuter buses in the morning and late-afternoon rush only.5 The Greenway saves time but its toll is an extra monthly bill, and Route 7 is free but slower at rush hour. If you work at a Silver Line stop, parking at Ashburn station and riding in can beat the drive. Ahmed will do the 7:45 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
Ball's Bluff, the W&OD Trail, and a halal butcher on East Market Street.
Outdoors and sights. Ball's Bluff Battlefield, site of an 1861 Civil War battle, is on the Potomac at the edge of town. Morven Park, a historic estate with grounds open to visitors, is on the west side, and the W&OD Trail runs through town toward Purcellville and Arlington. Downtown has the courthouse, shops and restaurants on King and Market streets, and Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets is off the Route 15 bypass.
Food and groceries. East Market Street is where the halal shops are: Eastern World Market for halal meat and groceries, and Taste of Lebanon and Red Kabob, both all-halal kitchens, next door. Downtown has Fire Works Pizza, Tuscarora Mill and King Street Oyster Bar.
Taxes, inside the Town of Leesburg.4 Loudoun County's $0.805 per $100 plus the town's $0.1774, about $0.98 all in: roughly $11,200 a year on a $1,140,000 house, or $6,900 on a $700,000 townhouse. On cars, the town adds $1.00 per $100 to the county's $3.09.
Taxes, outside the town. Leesburg addresses outside the town limits, including Lansdowne and River Creek, pay only the county: roughly $9,200 a year on a $1,140,000 house, before HOA dues, and $3.09 per $100 on cars. Ask Ahmed to check the tax record before you offer.
Where to eat
"Ahmed, where do you go to eat?" The Leesburg list.
Up to five picks within about fifteen to twenty minutes of downtown Leesburg in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. The halal kitchens cluster on East Market Street, next to Eastern World Market.7
Closed, so not listed: 5 Tara Authentic Indian Cuisine in Leesburg shows as closed on Yelp in 2026. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count, critics' lists and whether the place is busy; the halal note comes from Zabihah, Yelp or the restaurant itself, and "ask about halal" means it could not be confirmed. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Who buys here
Move-up families, new-construction buyers and military families, 45 on VA loans.
Families trading a townhouse or a smaller house for five bedrooms and about 4,200 square feet; buyers of new construction, 76 of the 433 house sales; military and veteran families, 45 of whom used a VA loan; and Muslim families near ADAMS Leesburg and the halal shops on East Market Street.
Buyers choose Leesburg over Ashburn for about $46,700 less at the median and a real downtown, and accept a longer drive east. They choose it over Sterling for a bigger, newer house, at $360,000 more. Inside the town they pay the town tax and get the town's own police and services; Lansdowne and River Creek buyers pay only the county. If you are torn, decide on the commute and the high school first; the price follows.
Questions
What people ask about Leesburg.
How much does a house cost in Leesburg, Virginia in 2026?
The median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) with a Leesburg address sold for $1,140,000 in 2026 through October 2, across 433 sales in Bright MLS, at $373 per square foot. The median townhouse sold for $700,000 across 254 sales. That is less than Ashburn ($1,186,700) and more than Sterling ($780,000), and the same as the Loudoun side of Chantilly. Condominium-regime homes are not included.
How competitive is the Leesburg housing market?
Competitive but not frantic: in 2026, 46% of houses sold above the asking price, 55% went under contract within a week, and the median house took 6 days. The median sold-to-list was 100.0%. Many of the biggest premiums over list were new houses where buyers paid for upgrades, not bidding wars.
Do Leesburg buyers pay cash or use VA loans?
In 2026, 57 of 433 house buyers paid cash (13.2%), 316 used a conventional loan and 45 a VA loan. Cash rises with price: 9 of 107 houses under $900,000 sold for cash, against 20 of 109 at $1.35 million and up.
What is rent in Leesburg, Virginia?
In 2026 the median single-family house leased for $4,250 a month across 55 leases, and the median townhome for $3,250 across 163 leases. Townhomes are most of the rental market.
Is it better to rent or buy in Leesburg?
A median house sells for 22.4 times its yearly rent and a townhouse for 17.9 times, gross yields of 4.5% and 5.6%. A ratio above 20 means renting a house is fair value if you may move within a few years; a townhouse pays off sooner for a family that plans to stay.
Which high schools serve Leesburg?
All of Leesburg is Loudoun County Public Schools. Most addresses feed Loudoun County High (Niche A-, US News #82 in Virginia), Heritage High (Niche A, US News #96) or Tuscarora High (Niche B+), and Lansdowne feeds Riverside High (Niche A+, US News #26 in Virginia). The Academies of Loudoun STEM campus is in Leesburg. Check any address with the LCPS school locator.
How long is the commute from Leesburg to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 60 to 95 minutes by car on the Dulles Greenway, the Toll Road and I-66, the Pentagon 55 to 85, Tysons 35 to 55, the Ashburn Silver Line station 15 to 25 and Dulles Airport 20 to 30. Loudoun County Transit commuter buses run from the Leesburg Park and Ride to Rosslyn, Crystal City, the Pentagon and DC at rush hour. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Leesburg, Virginia?
It depends on the town line. Inside the Town of Leesburg you pay Loudoun County's $0.805 per $100 plus the town's $0.1774, roughly $11,200 a year on a $1,140,000 house. Leesburg addresses outside the town, such as Lansdowne and River Creek, pay only the county, roughly $9,200 a year on the same house. Check the tax record, not the zip code.
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Ahmed's take
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دليل شمال فرجينيا
السكن في ليسبرغ، فرجينيا.
ليسبرغ عاصمة مقاطعة لاودن، وهي بلدة تاريخية فيها وسط بلدة قديم. بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت المستقل 1,140,000 دولار، وللتاون هاوس 700,000 دولار، وبيع 433 بيتاً في 2026.
نحو بيت من كل خمسة كان بيتاً جديداً من شركة البناء التي شيّدته. السوق قوي لكنه ليس محموماً: بيعت 46% من البيوت بأكثر من السعر المطلوب، وبلغت المدة الوسطية حتى توقيع العقد ستة أيام. انتبه للضريبة: لبلدة ليسبرغ ضريبة عقار خاصة بها، 0.1774 دولار لكل 100، تُضاف إلى ضريبة المقاطعة 0.805، لكن العناوين الواقعة خارج حدود البلدة، مثل لانزداون وريفر كريك، تدفع ضريبة المقاطعة فقط. المدارس: ريفرسايد، وهيريتج، ولاودن كاونتي، وتوسكارورا. يقع مركز آدمز ليسبرغ على شارع سايكلن، وسوق إيسترن ورلد للحم الحلال على شارع إيست ماركت. جميع الأرقام من Bright MLS، مبيعات مغلقة من 1 يناير إلى 2 أكتوبر 2026.
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Ashburn
The end of the Silver Line.
$1.187M
Median house, 2026
Sterling
Close to Dulles, $384 a foot.
$780K
Median house, 2026
Buying power
Start from the payment.
Tax, insurance and HOA included
Home valuation
Priced on evidence.
A real comparative analysis, not a website estimate
Aldie
Five bedrooms, 4,868 sq ft.
$1.349M
Median house, 2026
بالعربية
Every step, in Arabic.
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