Emery Heights
Homes for Sale in Howey In the Hills, FL

Emery Heights sits in Howey in the Hills, Lake County, as a small, established pocket where golf carts are permitted and a playground anchors the common space - details that point to a low-key, low-turnover setting rather than a high-volume subdivision.

Stellar MLS sales records identify 19 homes in Emery Heights that have changed hands since 2005, built between 1920 and 1999 (median 1965), with a median living area of about 1,894 sq ft and a typical 3-bedroom, 2-bath layout; 100% are single-family homes. Source: Stellar MLS closed-sale history compiled by Momentum Research; counts reflect homes with a recorded MLS sale, not every home in the community.

County records show 7 qualified sales in Emery Heights across 2024 - 2025 (6 in 2024, 1 in 2025), median $290,000 - the last recorded sale per parcel on the Florida DOR 2025 assessment roll, independent of the MLS.

Pre-construction details are compiled from public records, builder announcements and builder listings, and are subject to change without notice; figures are deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Momentum Research figures are our own analysis. This page describes homes, pricing and community attributes, not residents.

Emery Heights is too small for its own price trend, so here is the market around it.

In ZIP 34737, 91 homes are on the market and 22% are under contract — a steady corner of Howey In the Hills.

Across Lake County, 3,234 homes are active and 1,077 pending (25% under contract).

In ZIP 34737 (HOWEY IN THE HILLS), 115 homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $382K ($166/sq ft), down 5.3% year over year, with a median 78 days on market. Right now 12 active and 5 pending listings put supply at about 3.3 months - a balanced market. See the live ZIP 34737 housing market and the Lake County market.

ZIP and county figures describe the wider market, not Emery Heights specifically. Momentum Research analysis of MLS records.

At 201 homes with a median build year of 1959 but listings stretching to 2022, this is a community built in layers over roughly a century. That's a meaningful signal for due diligence: a 1920s-era home and a 2022 build sitting blocks apart will have entirely different maintenance profiles, permitting histories, and renovation needs, even if their finished square footage lands near the community's 1,706 median.

The 74.1% homestead share is the clearest indicator of how this community behaves. Investor and short-term turnover activity is limited here; most residents have filed for homestead exemption, which typically signals primary-residence ownership rather than rental or flip intent. Combined with zero active listings at the time of this snapshot, that points to a community where inventory is thin by nature, not by market timing.

A community with no active listings and a century-wide range of build years isn't one you can price off a quick search. We track Emery Heights closely enough to flag a listing the moment it surfaces, and we know how to evaluate an individual home's age and condition against the rest of this small inventory rather than relying on broad-brush comps.

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