Barcroft Forest · Home Value
What Your Home Is Worth in Barcroft Forest
A free home value from people who walk through your home, not a number from a website.
Your Free Barcroft Forest Home Value
A Barcroft Forest home value comes down to your house: its style, its updates, its condition and its lot. We visit, walk through it with you, and compare it with the recent sales that are most like it. Then we tell you what we believe it would sell for today.
It is free, with no obligation. Whether your move is months or years away, you get an honest number and no pressure.
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Ramblers, Colonials and Duplexes Are Priced Differently
Barcroft Forest is mostly ramblers from around 1950, with some colonials and some duplexes. A rambler, a colonial and one side of a duplex each draw their own buyers, so we compare your home only with recent sales of the same kind.
Inside, the differences grow. Some houses are close to original, and others have opened kitchens, added bathrooms or finished basements. An online estimate cannot see any of that. We look at the size, updates, condition and lot, and adjust from there.
You also decide how much to do before you sell. We show you two prices side by side, one prepared and one as it is. Either way, we list your home and handle the sale.
How Your Assessment Compares
Every January, Arlington County mails its assessment notices. The county says it assesses property at 100% of fair market value as of January 1, and its 2026 residential assessments came from sales between September 1, 2024 and August 31, 2025.
By the time you sell, those sales may be more than a year old, and the county never sees the inside of your house. Use the assessment as a starting point, not as your price.
The 22204 Market Today
Barcroft Forest is in ZIP code 22204. Homes there that sold from July through September 2026 averaged 54 days on the market and sold for about 97.2% of their original list price, according to Bright MLS. The median sale price was $625,000, up 0.8% from a year earlier.
The median mixes every type of home, so it is only a rough guide. Detached houses face less new competition than other homes right now: NVAR reported that in September 2026, condo and townhouse listings in its Northern Virginia region were up 49.7% from a year earlier, while detached listings were up only 5.7%.
Arlington County had about 3.9 months of supply in September 2026, up from 3.0 a year earlier. Buyers compare more homes than they did last year, so a price that is right from the first day counts.
What Is Nearby Adds Up
Buyers also notice the setting. Barcroft Park, with its fields, playgrounds and the Four Mile Run Trail, is close by, along with Columbia Pike, South George Mason Drive and Shirlington. The homes here also come with no homeowners association, which many first-time buyers like. We weigh all of it when we price your home.
What to Expect at Our Visit
- We pick a time that is easy for you.
- We walk through the house and yard together and note what buyers here look for.
- We bring recent 22204 sales of similar homes and show you where yours fits.
- We give you a price for today and a price for selling as it is.
- We talk through what is worth fixing and what to skip.
Not ready yet? Call us when you are, and we will update the numbers with the newest sales.
When you sell with us, The White Glove Home Sale Method™ covers painting, handyman repairs, staging, deep cleaning, landscaping and more at no additional cost to you, and we review the price with you every month until your home sells. One Alcova Heights seller wrote on Zillow that when buyer interest was slow, Mike “quickly analyzed the reasons and made suggestions of appearance and price adjustments.”
Read about selling your home in Barcroft Forest, how our free home values work and our selling process, step by step.
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The Mike Webb Team is Mike and Claudia Webb at RE/MAX Allegiance, with more than 34 years in real estate. About three out of four of our sales are in Arlington.
See our Barcroft Forest neighborhood page, request your free home value, or call or text 703-350-3884.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Barcroft Forest home value free?
Yes. It is free, and there is no obligation to sell or to list with us.
How do you value one side of a duplex?
We compare it with recent sales of similar duplex homes nearby, then adjust for size, updates, condition and the yard.
Why is my assessment different from what my home would sell for?
Arlington County values homes as of January 1 using older sales. For 2026, it used sales from September 2024 through August 2025. We use the newest sales and look at your actual house.
What is the median home price in Barcroft Forest?
Barcroft Forest is in ZIP code 22204, where the median sale price from July through September 2026 was $625,000, according to Bright MLS. That covers every type of home, so yours may be worth well above or below it.
Barcroft Forest
What home value looks like in Barcroft Forest
Ramblers, colonials and duplexes from around 1950 on the 1300 blocks of South Columbus and South Buchanan Streets, close to Barcroft Park and the Four Mile Run Trail.
A small South Arlington subdivision just south of Columbia Forest, with no homeowners association.
- The homes
- Mostly ramblers built around 1950, with some colonials and some duplexes. No homeowners association.
- Why people choose it
- Usually a first home.
- Schools people ask about
- Abingdon Elementary School, Thomas Jefferson or Kenmore Middle School depending on the address, Wakefield High School.
- Getting around
- Columbia Pike and South George Mason Drive close by, with Shirlington a short drive away. The Four Mile Run Trail runs through nearby Barcroft Park.
- Nearby
- Barcroft Park, 65 acres with lighted ball fields, batting cages, playgrounds, a picnic shelter and the Four Mile Run Trail.
- The trade-off
- Choosing it over its neighbors usually comes down to buyer preference more than a trade-off.
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