Recent signs of slippage notwithstanding, Washington's housing market is known for being more resilient than most. Perhaps we have Caps owner Ted Leonsis and his fellow-billionaires to thank. He's one of several homeowners whose purchases made CurbedDC's list of the top five sales in the area for the first half of 2011.

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The most expensive sale was of the Evermay Estate, a brick mansion in Georgetown that went for $22 million, slashed from its original price of $49 million. The second and third most expensive purchases were in Maryland: Leonsis bought the Marwood Estate in Potomac for $20 million from his friend, Nextel founder Chris Rogers, who himself bought a $10 million home in Bethesda; Rogers also bought Leonsis' home in McLean, Va. for $9 million, good for fourth on the list. Finally, there was an $8.26 million sale in Alexandria.

Curbed has also compiled top-five lists specific to D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Try not to cry while perusing them.