Northern Virginia Guide › Loudoun County › Middleburg
Middleburg, Virginia
Hunt country on Route 50, where the median Loudoun-side house sold for $1,765,000 in 2026 and 12 of 25 buyers paid cash.
At a glance
Six numbers that describe Middleburg.
The median single-family home on the Loudoun County side of Middleburg sold for $1,765,000 in 2026, or $596 a square foot, after a median 13 days on the market, and 12 of the 25 house buyers paid cash.
Middleburg is an incorporated town of 669 people (2020 census) on Route 50 in Loudoun County's hunt country, founded in 1787 by Leven Powell, and it levies its own real estate tax. A "Middleburg, VA" address (zip 20117) covers far more than the town: estates and horse farms spread out around it, and the address reaches across the county line. This page covers the Loudoun County side: the town plus the Middleburg-address estates and horse farms in Loudoun. The Fauquier County side of the 20117 address is not in these numbers. It covers what a house costs, how buyers pay, what it rents for, which schools serve it, the commute, and which addresses pay the town tax. Every number is from Bright MLS closed sales, pulled on October 4, 2026, not from a listing site's estimate. With 25 house sales, read each number as a guide, not a trend.
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. One townhouse sold all year, in Mosby Square, for $695,000. Source: Bright MLS, closed sales in 2026, Postal City = Middleburg, County = Loudoun, pulled by Ahmed Makkiyah on October 4, 2026.
Prices
$1,765,000 for a Middleburg house in 2026, $416,138 more than in Aldie.
The median Middleburg house on the Loudoun side cost $340,000 more than in Waterford ($1,425,000), $416,138 more than in Aldie ($1,348,862) and $625,000 more than in Leesburg ($1,140,000). Per square foot the gap is wider: $596 against $391 in Aldie and $373 in Leesburg, closer to McLean ($625) and Vienna ($542) in Fairfax County.
Houses. 25 houses sold, from $725,000 to $5,500,000, at a median of $1,765,000 and an average of $2,102,417, and 19 of them, 76%, sold for $1 million or more. The median house had about 3,600 square feet on 1.5 acres, smaller than Hamilton's (4,935 square feet on 2.2 acres) at a much higher price per foot. It spent 13 days on the market, against 6 in Leesburg and Purcellville and 21 in Waterford, and 40% of houses went under contract within a week. Only 3 of the 25 sold above asking, 12%, against 29% in Hamilton, 35% in Purcellville and 46% in Leesburg; the median sale closed at 99.4% of the asking price.
Townhouses. One townhouse sold all year, in Mosby Square, for $695,000, with 2,100 square feet, after 9 days on the market and at its asking price. One sale is not a market. For a townhouse nearby, Aldie's median was $729,000 and Leesburg had 254 sales at a median of $700,000.
Against the county. Every other market on the Loudoun chart costs less: Waterford ($1,425,000), Lansdowne in Leesburg ($1,350,000), Aldie ($1,348,862), Brambleton ($1,204,938), Hamilton ($1,200,000), Ashburn ($1,186,700), Leesburg and South Riding ($1,140,000), Broadlands ($1,127,180), Cascades in Sterling ($1,010,000), Purcellville ($920,000), Round Hill and Lovettsville ($850,000) and Sterling ($780,000). In Fairfax County, Great Falls ($1,885,000) and McLean ($2,300,000) cost more.
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 | 25 | 1 |
| Median sold price | $1,765,000 | $695,000 |
| Average sold price | $2,102,417 | $695,000 |
| Median price per square foot | $596 | n/a |
| Median size and lot | 3,595 sq ft, 1.5 acres | 2,100 sq ft |
| Median days on market | 13 | 9 |
| Median sold-to-list | 99.4% | 100.0% |
| Average sold-to-list | 100.1% | 100.0% |
| Sold above asking | 3 (12%) | 0 |
| Under contract within 7 days | 40% | 0 of 1 |
| Lowest sale | $725,000 | $695,000 |
| Highest sale | $5,500,000 | $695,000 |
| Sold for $1 million or more | 19 (76%) | 0 |
| Cash sales | 12 (48%) | 0 |
The average house, $2,102,417, sits well above the median because the top of the market pulls it up; the top sale, $5,500,000, was paid in cash. One house sold for $4,793,360 in cash against a $3,375,000 asking price, 142% of list, after one day on the market; that is likely a custom or upgraded new build, not a bidding war. Another sold for $2,600,000 in cash on a $1,950,000 list (133%) with 37.7 acres, and one listed at $1,550,000 closed at $1,050,000 in cash (68%) after 93 days, on 18.2 acres. Middleburg houses and the townhouse together sold for $53.3 million in 2026. With 25 sales, one or two estate sales can move the median by a wide margin from one year to the next.
What can you afford in Middleburg? 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; on an estate outside them, budget for the well, the septic system, fencing and a long driveway. The calculator adds the tax for you.
Follow the money
12 of 25 Middleburg house buyers paid cash, and they spent 52% of the dollars.
In 2026, cash buyers spent $27.5 million of the $52.6 million paid for Middleburg houses, 52% of the dollars. The cash share of houses, 48%, is about twice Waterford's (24.1%) and well above Purcellville (19.7%), Ashburn (16.9%), Leesburg (13.2%) or Aldie (5.5%).
Share of house sales paid in cash
Cash showed up at every price, from the $725,000 low sale to the $5,500,000 top sale, and the top sale and the third-highest, $4,793,360, were both cash. Cash buyers averaged about $2.3 million a house and financed buyers about $1.9 million. With 25 sales, one more or one fewer cash buyer moves the share by four points.
How 25 Middleburg house purchases were paid for
More buyers paid cash than used a conventional loan, 12 against 9. Three used a VA loan, 12%, a larger share than Leesburg's 10.4% (45 of 433), and one used another kind of financing.
What that means if you need a loan: about half the buyers you compete with can close without a lender, at every price. A financed offer here needs a full pre-approval, a lender who knows rural and estate appraisals, and a short inspection window. Sellers do negotiate, though: only 3 of 25 houses sold above asking, so a clean financed offer near the asking price can still win. On acreage, ask your lender early about the appraisal, the well and septic inspections and any barns or outbuildings.
The one townhouse sale was not a cash purchase. Cash share is counted from the Buyer Financing field across all 25 house sales.
The interesting facts
Middleburg houses sold for $596 a square foot, against $391 in Aldie and $373 in Leesburg.
Four things in the 2026 numbers that set Middleburg apart.
Check the town line, not the zip. The Town of Middleburg adds its own real estate tax, but the Middleburg mailing area runs far beyond the town, onto estates and farms where only the county tax applies. The zip does not tell you which side of the line a house is on; the tax record does.
You pay for land and setting, not square feet. The median Middleburg house had 3,595 square feet on 1.5 acres, smaller than Hamilton's 4,935 square feet or Waterford's 5,383, yet it sold for $596 a square foot against $360 in Hamilton and $377 in Waterford. The price follows the setting: hunt country, the historic town, the resort and the acreage.
A market that negotiates. Only 3 of 25 houses sold above asking, and the median sale closed at 99.4% of list. The average, 100.1%, is lifted by one new build that closed at 142% of its list price, while one estate on 18.2 acres closed at 68% after 93 days. Ask Ahmed for the closest comparable sales, matched for land and setting, before you price an offer.
Rent or buy
A Middleburg house sells for about 38 times its yearly rent, on three leases.
A Middleburg house rents for a median of $3,900 a month and sells for $1,765,000, a price-to-rent ratio of 37.7, but that rent comes from three leases, so it is a rough guide.1
| Measure | Houses |
|---|---|
| Homes rented | 3 |
| Median monthly rent | $3,900 |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 37.7 |
| Gross rental yield | 2.7% |
| Rent range | $3,200 to $4,000 |
Gross yield is before the mortgage, tax, insurance and upkeep. On paper, 37.7 is far above Leesburg's 22.4 or Purcellville's 19.0, but three leases, at $3,200, $3,900 and $4,000 a month, are too few to draw any conclusion from, and they say nothing about what an estate or a horse farm would rent for. Smaller homes made up most of the Middleburg rentals: 10 more leases of one or two bedrooms closed at $1,800 to $5,500 a month. If you are deciding between renting and buying here, ask Ahmed for the current rentals that match the house you want.
Own in Middleburg already? With 25 house sales a year, and estates that differ in land, barns and setting, a website estimate has little to work with. Ahmed runs a real comparative analysis against the closest Middleburg sales, matched for acreage and setting.
The houses
The historic town, the Residences at Salamander, and estates on 18 to 38 acres.
Washington Street, which is Route 50, runs through the center of the historic town. Around it, Middleburg addresses spread into hunt country: horse farms, estates and a few small subdivisions.
The historic town. Older houses sit on the streets off Washington Street, in the Middleburg Historic District, a walk from the shops, the restaurants and the National Sporting Library & Museum. On an older house, ask the age of the roof, windows and systems, and whether exterior changes need the town's approval.
Residences at Salamander. The neighborhood on the grounds of Salamander Resort, which opened in 2013 on 340 acres, had 4 house sales in 2026. It was announced as a collection of 49 homes in two neighborhoods, The Vineyards and The Stables, with access to the resort's amenities, including its equestrian center and pools.
Village Hamlet and Melmore. Each had 2 house sales in 2026. Ask Ahmed about lot sizes, HOA rules and dues in each.
Estates and horse farms. Past the town, a Middleburg address can mean a horse farm or an estate: one 2026 sale came with 37.7 acres and another with 18.2, and the top sale was $5,500,000. Ask about the well and septic, fencing, barns and any conservation easement on the land.
Townhouses. One sold in 2026, in Mosby Square, for $695,000.
What to check. Whether the address is inside the town on the tax record, and in Loudoun County at all; the well and septic, or public water and sewer; any easement; internet service, which varies road by road in rural Loudoun; the HOA and resort fees at the Residences at Salamander; and the drive at 7:30 am.
Schools
Loudoun Valley High, #44 in Virginia, and two elementary schools with Middleburg addresses.
The Loudoun side of Middleburg is Loudoun County Public Schools. Banneker Elementary and Middleburg Community Charter School feed Blue Ridge Middle and Loudoun Valley High, both in Purcellville, about 25 to 30 minutes north. Assignment goes by address, so check the street.3
A-
Loudoun Valley High School
In Purcellville. US News #44 in Virginia and Niche #80 in Virginia, with 11 students per teacher. Banneker Elementary, Middleburg Community Charter and Blue Ridge Middle are among its feeder schools.
A-
Blue Ridge Middle School
In Purcellville. Niche #72 among Virginia public middle schools, about 714 students and 12 per teacher.
B+
Banneker Elementary School
Middleburg address, pre-K to 5th grade, about 139 students and 8 per teacher. It feeds Blue Ridge Middle and Loudoun Valley High.
A
Middleburg Community Charter School
On North Madison Street in town, a public charter school in LCPS for kindergarten to 5th grade, about 145 students and 13 per teacher. Ask the school how enrollment works.
Private
The Hill School and Foxcroft School
Both in Middleburg: The Hill School, a day school for pre-K to 8th grade founded in 1926, about 214 students; Foxcroft School, a girls' boarding and day school for grades 9 to 12, Niche #1 private high school in Loudoun County.
Masjid
Zakaria Islamic Academy
On Gum Spring Road near Stone Ridge, about 20 minutes east on Route 50, with daily prayer and Quran classes. Friday prayer is held on Lennox Hale Drive in Aldie.
Masjid
ADAMS Leesburg
On Sycolin Road in Leesburg, about 25 to 30 minutes north, formerly the Muslim Community Center of Leesburg, with all five daily prayers and Friday prayers.
Halal
Indian Spice Food Market
On Southpoint Drive by Stone Ridge, about 15 to 20 minutes east, a desi grocery with a halal butcher. Eastern World Market in Leesburg is about 25 to 30 minutes north.
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
Route 50 east to Route 28 and I-66, or a commuter bus from Stone Ridge, 15 to 20 minutes away.
Route 50 runs through the middle of town and east past Gilberts Corner, Aldie, Stone Ridge and South Riding to Route 28, the way to I-66, the Toll Road and Dulles Airport. Route 15 runs north from Gilberts Corner to Leesburg. The nearest commuter bus lot is the Dulles South park-and-ride in Stone Ridge, and the nearest Metro station is Ashburn on the Silver Line.
| To | Drive | Route |
|---|---|---|
| Downtown DC | 75 to 105 min | Route 50 to Route 28 and I-66, or the commuter bus from Stone Ridge |
| Pentagon | 70 to 100 min | Route 50 to Route 28 and I-66, or the commuter bus from Stone Ridge |
| Tysons | 55 to 75 min | Route 50 to Route 28 and the Toll Road |
| Dulles Airport | 30 to 40 min | Route 50 east, then north to the airport |
| Ashburn Metro station | 35 to 45 min | Route 50 and Loudoun County Parkway |
| Downtown Leesburg | 25 to 35 min | Route 50 to Gilberts Corner, then Route 15 north |
Loudoun County Transit's commuter routes 282 (morning) and 682 (afternoon) run from the Dulles South park-and-ride on Millstream Drive in Stone Ridge to Rosslyn, the Pentagon and Crystal City, and routes 281 and 681 run to downtown DC from the East Gate lot on Tall Cedars Parkway, at rush hour only.5 Between Middleburg and Gilberts Corner, Route 50 is a two-lane country road, so allow for farm traffic. Ahmed will do the 7:30 drive with you before you offer.
Daily life
Steeplechase races at Glenwood Park since 1911, Washington Street's shops, and a halal butcher 15 to 20 minutes east.
Outdoors and sights. Washington Street is the town's main street of shops, inns and restaurants, in the Middleburg Historic District. The National Sporting Library & Museum on The Plains Road, founded in 1954, collects art and books on horse racing, fox hunting, fishing and other field sports, with a library of about 20,000 volumes. Glenwood Park, about a mile from the town's traffic light, has hosted steeplechase racing since 1911: the Middleburg Spring Races on the third Saturday in April and the Virginia Fall Races on the second Saturday in October. Salamander Resort, opened in 2013 on 340 acres, has an equestrian center and a spa.
Food and groceries. In town, King Street Oyster Bar, the Red Fox Inn & Tavern, Thaiverse and Red Horse Tavern serve dinner, and Middleburg Common Grounds on West Washington Street and The Upper Crust bakery serve the morning. For halal meat and groceries, Indian Spice Food Market on Southpoint Drive is about 15 to 20 minutes east on Route 50, and Eastern World Market on East Market Street in Leesburg is about 25 to 30 minutes north.
Taxes, inside the Town of Middleburg.4 Loudoun County's $0.805 per $100 plus the town's $0.118, about $0.92 all in: roughly $16,300 a year on a $1,765,000 house. Cars pay the county's $3.09 per $100, and the town also levies a personal property tax; check its current rate.
Taxes, outside the town. Middleburg addresses in Loudoun outside the town limits pay only the county: roughly $14,200 a year on a $1,765,000 house, about $2,100 less, 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 Middleburg list.
Up to five picks in each cuisine, the one doing best at the top, and halal marked. Middleburg's own restaurants come first. For Middle Eastern, Afghan, Pakistani and Indian food and halal meat, the nearest good picks are 15 to 35 minutes east on Route 50, in Stone Ridge, South Riding and Chantilly, or 25 to 30 minutes north in Leesburg.7
Closed, so not listed: Market Salamander on West Washington Street shows as closed on Yelp in 2026. Rankings weigh current Yelp ratings by review count 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. Drive times to the picks outside Middleburg are estimates. Know one that belongs here? Tell Ahmed.
Who buys here
Cash buyers, 12 of 25, riders who want acreage, and families who want a small historic town.
Buyers who want land for horses in hunt country; families who want a small historic town with its own shops and schools; buyers drawn to the Residences at Salamander and the resort around it; and cash buyers, 12 of the 25 house sales, at every price from $725,000 to $5,500,000. Three buyers used a VA loan.
Buyers choose Middleburg over Aldie or South Riding for land, quiet and a historic town, and pay for it: $416,138 more than Aldie at the median and $596 a square foot against $391, with about 15 to 20 more minutes each way to Route 28. They weigh it against Waterford ($1,425,000, $377 a square foot), where the median house was bigger, 5,383 square feet on 3.3 acres, and Purcellville ($920,000). Inside the town they pay the town tax; on Loudoun County land outside it, only the county. If you are torn, decide on the land you need and the commute first; the price follows.
Questions
What people ask about Middleburg.
How much does a house cost in Middleburg, Virginia in 2026?
On the Loudoun County side, the median single-family home (3+ bedrooms, 2+ full baths) with a Middleburg address sold for $1,765,000 in 2026, across 25 sales in Bright MLS, from $725,000 to $5,500,000, at $596 per square foot; 19 of the 25 sold for $1 million or more. That is $340,000 more than Waterford ($1,425,000) and $416,138 more than Aldie ($1,348,862). One townhouse sold, for $695,000. Condominium-regime homes are not included.
How competitive is the Middleburg housing market?
Middleburg houses sell close to the asking price, not over it: only 3 of 25 sold above asking in 2026, against 46% in Leesburg, and the median sale closed at 99.4% of list. The median house spent 13 days on the market and 40% went under contract within a week. About half the buyers paid cash, so a financed offer needs a full pre-approval, but sellers do negotiate.
Do Middleburg buyers pay cash or use VA loans?
Cash is the most common way to pay: 12 of 25 house buyers paid cash in 2026 (48%), against 24.1% in Waterford and 13.2% in Leesburg, and they spent $27.5 million of the $52.6 million, 52% of the dollars. 9 used a conventional loan, 3 a VA loan and 1 another kind of financing. Cash showed up at every price, from $725,000 to the $5,500,000 top sale.
What is rent in Middleburg, Virginia?
Only 3 houses with 3+ bedrooms were leased on the Loudoun side in 2026, at $3,200, $3,900 and $4,000 a month, a median of $3,900. That is too few leases to call a market rent. 10 more leases of homes with one or two bedrooms closed at $1,800 to $5,500 a month.
Is it better to rent or buy in Middleburg?
On paper a median house sells for 37.7 times its yearly rent ($1,765,000 against $46,800), a gross yield of 2.7%, far above Leesburg's 22.4. But that rent rests on 3 leases, too few to draw any conclusion from, and it says nothing about what an estate or a horse farm would rent for. Ask for the current rentals that match the house you want before you decide.
Which schools serve Middleburg?
The Loudoun side of Middleburg is Loudoun County Public Schools. Banneker Elementary (Niche B+) and Middleburg Community Charter School (Niche A), a public charter school on North Madison Street, feed Blue Ridge Middle (Niche A-) and Loudoun Valley High in Purcellville (US News #44 in Virginia, Niche A-). The Hill School (pre-K to 8) and Foxcroft School (girls, grades 9 to 12) are private schools in Middleburg. Check any address with the LCPS school locator.
How long is the commute from Middleburg to DC?
At 8 am on a weekday, downtown DC is about 75 to 105 minutes by car on Route 50, Route 28 and I-66, the Pentagon 70 to 100, Tysons 55 to 75, Dulles Airport 30 to 40 and downtown Leesburg 25 to 35. Loudoun County Transit commuter buses to Rosslyn, the Pentagon and Crystal City leave from the Dulles South park-and-ride in Stone Ridge, 15 to 20 minutes east. These drive times are estimates.
What is the property tax in Middleburg, Virginia?
It depends on the town line. Inside the Town of Middleburg you pay Loudoun County's $0.805 per $100 plus the town's $0.118, roughly $16,300 a year on a $1,765,000 house. Loudoun County addresses outside the town pay only the county, roughly $14,200 a year on the same house, about $2,100 less. Check the tax record, not the zip code.
Ask Ahmed
Your Trusted Realtor in NOVA.
Tell me what you are looking for in Middleburg.
Buying a horse farm or an estate, weighing a house in the historic town against acreage outside it, or selling where half the buyers pay cash and only 25 houses sold all year. Send the situation and get the numbers back, in English or Arabic, not a pitch.
REALTOR®, Douglas Realty of Virginia · VA License #0225242357
Direct 703.957.0060 · Mobile 734.383.6945 · English and Arabic
Ahmed's take
Two or three sentences in Ahmed's own voice go here: who Ahmed sees buying in Middleburg, how Ahmed prices an estate when only 25 houses sell in a year and half the buyers pay cash, and the first thing Ahmed checks on a listing (whether it is inside the town limits, the well and septic, any easement on the land, and the school).
دليل شمال فرجينيا
السكن في ميدلبرغ، فرجينيا.
ميدلبرغ بلدة تاريخية صغيرة على طريق 50 في منطقة الخيول وصيد الثعالب، يبلغ عدد سكانها 669 نسمة. في الجانب التابع لمقاطعة لاودن، بلغ السعر الوسطي للبيت المستقل 1,765,000 دولار، وبيع 25 بيتاً في 2026.
تشمل الأرقام البلدة والعقارات الكبيرة ومزارع الخيول التي عنوانها ميدلبرغ في مقاطعة لاودن فقط؛ أما الجانب التابع لمقاطعة فوكير من الرمز البريدي 20117 فليس مشمولاً في هذه الأرقام. دفع نحو نصف المشترين نقداً: 12 من 25، وأنفقوا 52% من إجمالي الأموال. سعر القدم المربع 596 دولار، مقابل 373 في ليسبرغ. لكن السوق فيه مجال للتفاوض: بيعت 3 بيوت فقط من 25 بأكثر من السعر المطلوب. انتبه للضريبة: لبلدة ميدلبرغ ضريبة عقار خاصة بها، 0.118 دولار لكل 100، تُضاف إلى ضريبة المقاطعة 0.805، لكن العناوين الواقعة خارج حدود البلدة تدفع ضريبة المقاطعة فقط. المدارس: بانيكر الابتدائية ومدرسة ميدلبرغ المجتمعية (تشارتر)، ثم بلو ريدج المتوسطة ولاودن فالي الثانوية في بورسلفيل. أقرب مسجد هو أكاديمية زكريا الإسلامية على شارع غم سبرنغ، على بعد نحو 20 دقيقة شرقاً، وأقرب متجر لحم حلال هو سوق إنديان سبايس على شارع ساوثبوينت، على بعد نحو 15 إلى 20 دقيقة. جميع الأرقام من Bright MLS، مبيعات مغلقة في 2026 حتى 4 أكتوبر.
قبل أن تقدّم عرضاً، تأكد مما إذا كان البيت داخل حدود البلدة أم خارجها، لأن الضريبة تختلف، وإذا كانت الأرض خارج البلدة فافحص البئر وخزان الصرف (السبتك). هل تبحث عن مزرعة خيول أو بيت في البلدة التاريخية؟ أرسل لي تفاصيل وضعك، وسأحسب معك أرقامك الحقيقية، بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية.
وكيلك العقاري الموثوق في شمال فرجينيا.
Aldie
Five bedrooms, 4,868 sq ft.
$1.349M
Median house, 2026
Purcellville
The end of the W&OD Trail.
$920K
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
Waterford
A historic village of farms.
$1.425M
Median house, 2026
بالعربية
Every step, in Arabic.
بالعربية أو بالإنجليزية، كما تفضّل