All the people in Donald Trump’s inner circle who’ve spent millions on luxury homes in Washington, DC since Election Day

Trump appointees Scott Bessent, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Howard Lutnick have all bought luxury homes in Washington, DC since Election Day.

President Donald Trump moved back to Washington, DC in January. At least a few of his supporters and allies are following suit.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the latest Trump ally to buy property in DC, following other administration appointees, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Their purchases have bolstered Washington, DC’s luxury housing market with what local real-estate agents have called a “Trump bump.”

While many government officials to move to DC at the start of a new administration, the high price tags of some of these properties are notable.

According to Long & Foster’s latest luxury housing report for the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, 224 homes priced at $1.5 million or more were sold in February 2025 — an 11.4% increase from the previous year.

The median sales price for a typical home in in Washington, DC is $642,500, according to Redfin. Properties are more expensive, however, in the upscale neighborhoods where members of Trump’s inner circle are buying. Georgetown’s median sales price is $1.65 million, while Kalorama Heights’ is $777,500.

Here’s a look at six Trump-adjacent people who’ve moved to DC so far.

Mark Zuckerberg bought a $23 million Washington, DC house in March.

Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has grown his mainly West-Coast-focused real-estate portfolio with a $23 million mansion in Washington, DC.

“Mark and Priscilla have purchased a home in DC, which will allow Mark to spend more time there as Meta continues the work on policy issues related to American technology leadership,” a Meta spokesperson wrote to B-17 in an email.

Politico identified the home Zuckerberg bought as a 15,000-square-foot property in DC’s swanky Woodland Normanstone neighborhood, about four miles from the Capitol. Builder magazine profiled the house, designed by Robert Gurney Architect, describing it as a three gable-roofed sections linked by glass-enclosed walkways.

While most of the information about the property has been scrubbed from listing sites and images of it on Google Maps’ Street View have been blurred, listing agent Daniel Heider’s website still contains snippets of info. It was built in 2017, sits on 1.08 acres, and is the “Third-Highest Ever Recorded Sale in Washington, DC history.”

Zuckerberg traveled to Mar-a-Lago twice between Election Day and Inauguration Day. He and his wife sat on the platform at Trump’s inauguration and, according to the Wall Street Journal, has visited the White House three times since, in part to lobby Trump to settle and avoid an antitrust trial.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent paid $12.5 million for a house in Georgetown.

Scott Bessent.

Scott Bessent purchased a home for $12.5 million in the classy Georgetown neighborhood just a few days after his confirmation as Trump’s treasury secretary, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Before moving to Washington, DC, Bessent was the CEO and CIO of hedge fund Key Square Capital Management. He was confirmed as treasury secretary on January 27, and the 8,048-square-foot home’s sale went final on January 31, according to Zillow.

The 1941-built home was formerly owned by Constance J. Milstein, the ambassador to Malta from 2022 to 2025. It has five bedrooms, six-and-a-half bathrooms, and a saltwater pool.

The husband of Trump nominee Jacob Helberg bought a $6.7 million house in Kalorama Heights earlier this year.

Jacob Helberg.

Washington, DC, property records show that venture capitalist Keith Rabois spent $6.7 million on a house in January.

Rabois, the managing director of venture firm Khosla Ventures, is married to Jacob Helberg, who Trump has nominated as undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy, and the environment. Helberg, a senior advisor to the CEO of software development company Palantir Technologies, hasn’t yet been confirmed.

The listing for the Kalorama Heights townhome Rabois bought says it has has seven bedrooms and 6,620 square feet of space.

Helberg and Rabois are quietly trying to find a buyer for their $65 million Miami mansion, which has an aquarium so big a scuba diver has to clean it.

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent $4.43 million on a house in Georgetown.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Newly confirmed secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bought a house for $4.43 million in early April, according to local publication the Washingtonian.

Zillow shows the four-bedroom, 4,876-square-foot townhouse in Georgetown listed for $4.85 million in December 2024. The seller bought the home for $2.675 million in 2013.

The house is about half a mile from the house where JFK and Jackie Kennedy lived shortly after they married in 1953. JFK, the 35th president, was RFK Jr.’s uncle.

Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick bought a $25 million house, setting a new Washington, DC, sales record.

Howard Lutnick.

Howard Lutnick didn’t wait for Congress to confirm him as secretary of commerce before securing housing in DC.

In December 2024, he bought Fox News anchor Bret Baier’s home for $25 million in an all-cash deal — setting a record for the most expensive home sale ever recorded in Washington, DC.

The 16,250-square-foot mansion in the Foxhall neighborhood hit the market in 2023 with an asking price of $31.9 million. It previously sold for $5.4 million in 2018.

According to the listing, the home is “drenched” in marble throughout and has a 56-foot heated pool, an indoor sports court, and a golf simulator.

Lutnick is the former CEO of financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald.

David Sacks, Trump’s “czar” for cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, spent $10.5 million on a DC penthouse.

David Sacks.

The Trump administration’s “crypto czar,” David Sacks, bought a Washington, DC, penthouse in December 2024, Axios first reported. Sacks purchased the property for $10.25 million, records show.

The 6,400-square-foot penthouse in Georgetown has four bedrooms, six bathrooms, and a terrace.

Sacks — an investor, entrepreneur, and member of the “PayPal Mafia” — spent the majority of his career in tech and has now been tapped work on regulating and boosting the cryptocurrency and AI industries.